Work Zone Safety Technologies (WSTs) have exhibited great potential to improve road work zone safety by detecting safety risks and providing warnings to drivers and workers involved. Yet, it remains … [Read more...] about Estimating Safety Benefit of In-Vehicle Work Zone Safety Technology Alerts: A Counterfactual Monte-Carlo Simulation Approach
Audible Warning Devices in Vehicles
ISP to Send ‘Move Over’ Alerts in Waze, Google Maps
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois State Police (ISP) announced a new GPS-based notification system to reduce “Move Over” crashes. Developed in partnership with Google Public Sector and … [Read more...] about ISP to Send ‘Move Over’ Alerts in Waze, Google Maps
In-Cab Alert System for Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers
In-cab telematic devices use an increasingly robust data platform and can be used to share safety alerts with other commercial vehicle drivers (CMV) drivers. Real-time alert data can come from state … [Read more...] about In-Cab Alert System for Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers
Oregon’s Umatilla County Partners With Drivewyze to Deliver In-Cab Work Zone Alerts
This article highlights a pioneering initiative undertaken by Oregon's Umatilla County in collaboration with Drivewyze, North America's premier Connected Truck platform, and one.network, a leading … [Read more...] about Oregon’s Umatilla County Partners With Drivewyze to Deliver In-Cab Work Zone Alerts
Providing In-Cab, Traffic-Related Warning Messages to Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers
Commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) are highly overrepresented in fatal work zone crashes nationwide. Many fatal work zone crashes involve rear-end collisions with traffic slowed or stopped in a queue. … [Read more...] about Providing In-Cab, Traffic-Related Warning Messages to Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers
In-Vehicle Warnings for Work Zone and Related Rear-End Collisions: A Driving Simulator Experiment
Work zone area on roads is a critical component of road networks which concerns the safety of workers and passing by drivers. However, the passive speed reduction and lane changes caused by lane … [Read more...] about In-Vehicle Warnings for Work Zone and Related Rear-End Collisions: A Driving Simulator Experiment