Evaluation of an active wildlife-sensing and driver warning system at Trapper’s Point.

Details

• Creators:
  Dai, Qiyue ; Young, Rhonda ; Vander Giessen, Steven
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Wyoming. Department of Civil Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  Wyoming. Department of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Crash Avoidance Systems Motor Vehicles--Collision Avoidance Systems--Wyoming--Sublette County Traffic Safety And Wildlife--Wyoming--Sublette County Wildlife
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-WY-09/03F
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Wyoming
• Edition:
  Final report; Aug. 2006-Dec.2008.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Wyoming. Department of Transportation
• Abstract:
  Collisions with wildlife are a serious concern on American highways. In Wyoming, the concern has prompted the Wyoming Department of Transportation
  
  to construct an experimental wildlife detection and driver warning system at Trapper’s Point, north of the town of Pinedale on US Highway 191. The
  
  focus of this thesis is two-fold: to develop a framework to determine whether the driver warning system is effective at modifying driver behavior and to
  
  develop a framework to determine whether the wildlife detection system reliably detects the presence wildlife on the roadside. Transportation agencies
  
  have attempted to solve the deer-vehicle collision problem with a wide variety of solutions. Published literature was reviewed to analyze the effectiveness
  
  of these solutions with a spotlight on other active, wildlife-detecting driver warning systems. The system at Trapper’s Point utilizes the Eagle Intrusion
  
  Detection System (EIDS), originally developed by Telonics, Inc for military applications. Seismic and passive infrared sensors are designed to detect the
  
  presence of wildlife and trigger the flashing lights atop six signs that read “DEER ON ROAD WHEN FLASHING”. Many difficulties with the wildlife
  
  detection system and data collection equipment were experienced during this study. This report describes these problems in detail and analyzes the system
  
  using three measures of effectiveness: accurate detection of wildlife, changes in driver behavior, and crash reduction.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  RS10(206)
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e56292f7f230a5fe5f954465218f31a1daf2d28ae0041609fe19a056b5b6b33c
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17220/dot_17220_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.61 MB ]