•Support USDOT Safety
Pilot objectives pertaining to commercial
vehicles including:
–Demonstrate V2V and
V2I safety-related applications in a real-world environment using multiple vehicle types (at a minimum,
light and heavy vehicles and
buses).
–Collect data to
project potential safety benefits of V2V safety applications in support of the NHTSA 2013 agency
decision for light vehicles and
2014 decision for commercial vehicles.
–Evaluate the
scalability, security, and interoperability of devices using DSRC 5.9 GHz technology.
–Collect and store data
for later use by other researchers, including universities and private industry.
•Commercial vehicle
specific requirements and results of this effort will be shared with the commercial vehicle
community