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TRANSPORT'S PILOT

David H. Crawford

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Abstract

The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that is taking the first steps in a plan to introduce co-operative vehicle highway systems (CVHS), with the aim of making roads safer and more efficient. Such systems would combine the instrumentation and electronic management of the highway infrastructure with the design and manufacture of next-generation vehicles in high-level, two-way communication. The systems could send safety signals from the road infrastructure directly into vehicles. If drivers fail to respond to warnings, CVHS equipment could intervene physically with the driving process. Vehicles would act as probes and transmit information on speed and location to traffic control centres. The communications systems that could be used are outlined. The CVHS initiative builds on two previous UK Government initiatives: Road Traffic Adviser and the Foresight Vehicle project.

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The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that is taking the first steps in a plan to introduce co-operative vehicle highway systems (CVHS), with the aim of making roads safer and more efficient. Such systems would combine the instrumentation and electronic management of the highway infrastructure with the design and manufacture of next-generation vehicles in high-level, two-way communication. The systems could send safety signals from the road infrastructure directly into vehicles. If drivers fail to respond to warnings, CVHS equipment could intervene physically with the driving process. Vehicles would act as probes and transmit information on speed and location to traffic control centres. The communications systems that could be used are outlined. The CVHS initiative builds on two previous UK Government initiatives: Road Traffic Adviser and the Foresight Vehicle project.

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The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that is taking the first steps in a plan to introduce co-operative vehicle highway systems (CVHS), with the aim of making roads safer and more efficient. Such systems would combine the instrumentation and electronic management of the highway infrastructure with the design and manufacture of next-generation vehicles in high-level, two-way communication. The systems could send safety signals from the road infrastructure directly into vehicles. If drivers fail to respond to warnings, CVHS equipment could intervene physically with the driving process. Vehicles would act as probes and transmit information on speed and location to traffic control centres. The communications systems that could be used are outlined. The CVHS initiative builds on two previous UK Government initiatives: Road Traffic Adviser and the Foresight Vehicle project.

Key concepts: Transport engineering, SAFER, Futures studies, Plan (archaeology), Engineering, Process (computing), Ministry of Transport, Control (management)

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