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U.S. Department of Transportation
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Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (CACC)
§Informs motorists of location, speed, and acceleration, of leading vehicles allowing the follower to safely follow the leader at a shorter gap.
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§Motorists can safely and quickly respond to speed changes by the leading vehicles thereby reducing the risk of rear-end collisions
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§Can be implemented as
□vehicle to vehicle,
□infrastructure to vehicle or
□Ad hoc platooning
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§Applicable to freeways
□and arterials.
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Picture from Bob Sheehan’s ATDM presentation