DocumentCode
273358
Title
Detection of road hazards-problems and practicalities
Author
Steed, J.J. ; Clowes, D.J.
fYear
1989
fDate
7-9 Feb 1989
Firstpage
161
Lastpage
166
Abstract
The prevention of avoidable accidents and the management of traffic during any incident have been a focus of attention in recent years. The paper considers the means of detecting hazardous conditions and the use of one particular algorithm HIOCC, to develop and install a practical incident detection system in the United Kingdom. The method utilises single site detection and the occupancy parameter from road loop detection. This algorithm was tested at seven sites on the M1 in Bedfordshire and carefully assessed
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Road Traffic Monitoring, 1989., Second International Conference on
Conference_Location
London
Print_ISBN
0-85296-373-4
Type
conf
Filename
19311
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