Electronic Detection and Warning System
Electronic Detection and Warning System of False Drivers on Motorways Using Radio Technology
Contact
At present, there is no adequate automatic safety system that allows self-sufficient wrong-way driving detection and a corresponding automatic message to the affected traffic section.
This project aims at a passive vehicle direction detection with a radio infrastructure component - installed e.g. in delineators - which works independently of vehicle equipment and thus also detects intentional wrong-way driving. After detection, both local warnings and wide-area traffic messages are issued to alert affected traffic in a targeted and low-latency manner. An optional mobile warning unit for use in vehicles is also being developed, e.g. to enable integration of local (short-range radio) warnings in retrofittable warning modules, navigation devices or cell phones.
Cooperation
The consortium is coordinated by the medium-sized Wilhelm Schröder GmbH, which develops carrier system platforms with integrated energy harvesting modules. TU Dortmund University (Prof. Christian Wietfeld) will research a novel method for passage direction detection and drive it to the point of applicability, as well as develop and evaluate mobile radio services for local and wide-area traffic alerts. RWTH Aachen University will play a major role in the further development of the warning concept, its integration into road traffic and the traffic-related acceptance of the system.
Client
Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology: Central Innovation Program for SMEs (ZIM)
Cooperation
Wilhelm Schröder GmbH
Processors
Dipl.-Ing. Tobias Volkenhoff
Year of Completion
2014