Application
#2:
Q-WARN
Q-WARN
•Queue Warning
•Problem
Addressed:
–Warn motorists of
existing or imminent downstream queues or shockwaves to increase safety by
reducing rear-end collisions (and resulting congestion)
•Description
–Monitor traffic data to
check for presence of a stopped or slow moving queue
–Predict queue formation
and shockwave propagation
–Alert motorists to
reduce speeds thereby avoiding abrupt stops
–Possibly implemented in
conjunction with speed harmonization to provide target speeds by lane in
approach to congested area
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