Responder-to-Vehicle Alerts Factsheet

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Contributors:
  Jodoin, Paul ; Austrich, James ; Tebo, Joseph
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Emergency Vehicles First Responders Incident Management Traffic Safety
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-HOP-22-015
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Right Statement:
  Public Domain
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  Every day, police, fire, emergency medical services (EMS), transportation, and towing professionals are working on or near our Nation’s roadways, clearing roadway incidents and helping the safe and efficient flow of traffic. Their familiar emergency lights (amber, blue, and red) are meant to alert drivers to their presence and cue them to use greater caution. In addition, Move Over laws require motorists to move over and/or slow down when emergency vehicles are present. Increasing the time and distance at which approaching motorists are aware of roadside incident responders provides them with greater opportunities to move over or slow down. Responder-to-vehicle (R2V) technology allows responders and roadside workers to alert motorists of their position directly inside the approaching motorists’ vehicles, sometimes miles before the motorists see the flashing lights. Better awareness among drivers increases safety for incident responders.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/88243/dot_88243_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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