Connected commercial vehicles \u2014 retrofit safety device kit project : applications performance and functional test report.

2014PDFTech ReportFHWA-JPO-14-108DTFH61-11-D-00014/T11001Commercial vehiclesIntelligent vehiclesVehicle to vehicle communicationsVehicle to roadside communicationsDedicated short range communicationsRetrofittingIntelligent transportation systemsField testsHeavy duty trucksHighway safetyUnited StatesUnited States. Department of Transportation. Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program OfficeBogard, ScottLeBlanc, DavidUniversity of Michigan. Transportation Research InstituteBattelleUnited States. Federal Highway AdministrationIntelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office;Federal Highway AdministrationConnected vehicle wireless data communications can enable safety applications that may reduce injuries and fatalities. Cooperative vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) safety applications will be effective only if a high fraction of vehicles are equipped. Deployment of V2V technology will be enabled if it is available not only for manufacturing in new vehicles but also for retrofit to existing vehicles. The objective of the Connected Commercial Vehicles\u2014Retrofit Safety Device (CCV-RSD) Kit Project was to develop complete hardware and software that can be used in various brands and models of heavy trucks. The RSD kits provide the functionality needed for cooperative V2V and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) safety applications to support the Model Deployment and other USDOT connected vehicle projects. This project included testing and documentation needed for installation, operation, enhancement, and maintenance of the units. These retrofit kits were built so they could be installed in existing class 6, 7, or 8 trucks. The RSD kits achieved a V2V and V2I functionality similar to that of the Connected Commercial Vehicles\u2014Integrated Truck vehicles, where onboard equipment was integrated with newly manufactured truck tractors.This report documents tests on the functionality of the safety applications on a closed course. More than 20 scenarios were developed to verify safety application performance in both typical and challenging pre-crash conditions. Most scenarios tested whether a warning was displayed to the driver at the appropriate time, and some tested whether the system would withhold a warning when it was not warranted. Several test runs were conducted for each scenario. The system passed all of the tests that were run