TI07: Private Motorists In-Vehicle Signage

Need Area Description

This service package augments regulatory, warning, and informational signs and signals by providing information directly to drivers through in-vehicle devices. The information provided would include static sign information (e.g., stop, curve warning, guide signs, service signs, and directional signs) and dynamic information (e.g., current signal states including highway intersection and highway-rail intersection status and local conditions warnings identified by local environmental sensors). This service package also includes the capability for maintenance and construction, emergency, and transit vehicles to transmit sign information to vehicles in the vicinity so that in vehicle signing can be used without fixed infrastructure in areas such as work zones, around incidents, and at bus stops.

Need Area Type

Safety

Service Package

TI07: Private Motorists In-Vehicle Signage

Includes Needs

NumberNeed
01Drivers need in-vehicle access to the information available on static signs (e.g., stop, curve warning, guide signs, service signs, and directional signs) and dynamic information (e.g., current signal states including highway intersection and highway-rail intersection status and local conditions warnings identified by local environmental sensors) in order to increase awareness of situations while driving.
02Drivers need a visual display of static sign information or dynamic roadway condition information to see the contents of the road signage during times of reduced visibility.
03Drivers need an audible alternative presentation of static sign information or dynamic roadway condition information to see the contents of the road signage during times of reduced visibility to increase their safety on the road.