Advanced Technology and Road Safety
Monash University Accident Research Centre - Report #6 - 1989
Author: D. Howie
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Abstract:
Advanced technologies are being applied to many transportation
problems. There in an opportunity to tackle some of the seemingly
intractable problems in the road safety area by innovative application of
emerging technologies. This report reviews the range of technologies being
developed which are potential candidates in the road safety field. It
concludes that Australian road safety agencies should direct their
attention to technologies which show promise to provide:
- video based vehicle detection particularly for use with existing
traffic control systems;
- traffic incident detection and driver warning systems;
- expert systems to improve the identification of traffic hazards and
selection of appropriate countermeasures;
- an in-vehicle recorder of pre-crash vehicle characteristics: and
- automatic vehicle identification technology for speed detection and
other traffic control measures.
Sponsor: Road Traffic Authority and Transport Accident Commission
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