AN EVALUATION OF INTELLIGENT VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES ON RURAL SNOWPLOWS

The main purpose of the Advanced Snowplow Development and Demonstration project was to design, integrate and test AVCSS technologies on snowplow maintenance equipment. This phase of the project has attempted to assess potential benefits associated with combining conventional snowplow operations with Intelligent Vehicle (IV) technologies in terms of improved efficiency and safety on rural roadway segments in California and Arizona. A prototype snowplow was equipped with lateral lane indication and forward collision warning systems. The subsequent evaluation attempted to determine the effectiveness of the advanced technology system in terms of safety and operational efficiency, as well as perceived benefits or concerns expressed by the snowplow operators. In addition, the accuracy and reliability of the system was examined

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was also presented at the ITE 2000 Annual Meeting and Exhibit, August 6-9, 2000, Nashville, Tennessee and the full conference prodeedings are available on CD-ROM, ISBN 0-935403-48-5.
• Corporate Authors:

  ITS America

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  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • Cuelho, Eli
• Conference:
  • ITS America 10th Annual Meeting and Exposition: Revolutionary Thinking, Real Results
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2000-5-1 to 2000-5-4
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 20 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced vehicle control systems; Transportation operations
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00793488
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: Jun 13 2001 12:00AM