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Best Practices for Road Weather Management Version 2.0

Title:

Safe Plowing: Applying Intelligent Vehicle Technology

Abstract:

This document describes a project that will tap intelligent vehicle technology to enable snowplow operators to "see" the roadway that is hidden to the human eye by deep snow or white-out conditions and thereby improve safety during plowing operations while also decreasing road closures or slowdowns due to winter weather conditions. Researchers involved in the Specialty Vehicle Program Partnership are working together on two major efforts headquartered in Minnesota and California. While the goals are the same - develop and test intelligent vehicle-enhanced snowplows that are safer and more efficient - the approaches differ due to regional weather conditions.

Source(s):

Public Roads

https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/01janfeb/safeplow.cfm

Date: 2001

Author:

Ferlis, Rowshan, Frye

Keywords:


Safety
Winter maintenance

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