Field Operational Test Planning

Preliminary FOT Plan

• A preliminary FOT plan is being developed, and will be made public
• The plan is based on past FOT experience, power analyses and budget/schedule
• Emphasis will be on evaluating:
  • Safety benefits
  • Driver acceptance

LV FOT Location

• FOT will incorporate a sample of licensed drivers from SE Michigan
  • Unlimited use in continental U.S.
• Three age groups (min of 2 years driving)
  • 20s, 40s, 60s
• Balanced for gender

LV FOT Driver Selection

• Participants will use the FOT vehicle in place of their regular car/light truck
  • Only the participant, trained to use the vehicle, will be allowed to drive
• A minimum annual mileage requirement
  • Estimated annual mileage requirement varies with age and gender
  • Based on the National Personal Transportation Survey (NPTS)

LV FOT Scope

• Testing will occur over approximately a 12 month period
• Assuming a 90+% efficiency that UMTRI has been able to achieve in past FOTs
• The volume of data would represent 648 weeks (approximately 12.5 years) of driving

LV FOT Data

• Subjective data
  • Questionnaires, focus groups, debriefings
• Objective data
  • Multi-CPU DAS, turn key and unobtrusive
  • Full-time dataset describing:
    • Vehicle performance
    • Driver performance
    • Vehicle location
    • Driving environmen

HT FOT Location

• FOT will be run out of the Con-Way’s Romulus terminal
  • Includes Michigan’s lower peninsula, northern Ohio/Indiana and Chicago
  • Local P&D is 41% limited access highway
  • Line-haul is 96% limited access highway
  • Estimated total mileage exposure for FOT fleet is 82% limited access,18% surface roads

HT Driver Demographics

• Age groups (min of 2 years CDL driving)
  • Drivers range in age from 25-65
  • A question whether to include driver age as a variable
    • suggested there only be two levels
• Gender is all male

HT FOT Driver Selection

• Drivers will use the FOT vehicle in place of their tractor, on a daily basis
  • Drivers bid on routes every year
  • The routes typically run 5 – 6 days a week
  • The fleet runs two shifts per day (routes can change as a function of shift)
  • Approximately 24 to 26 drivers will have to be trained

HT FOT Scope

• Testing will occur over approximately a 10 month period
  • 3 month baseline, 7 month treatment
• The volume of data would represent approximate 8 - 16 years of HT driving
• A network and server at the HT fleet distribution center

HT FOT Data

• Subjective data
  • Questionnaires, focus groups, debriefings
• Objective data
  • Multi-CPU DAS, turn key and unobtrusive
  • Full-time dataset describing:
    • Vehicle performance
    • Driver performance
    • Vehicle location
    • Driving environment