Virtual Weigh Station [Technical Summary]

Details

• Creators:
  Bullock, Darcy
• Corporate Creators:
  Purdue University. Joint Transportation Research Program
• Corporate Contributors:
  Indiana Department of Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Commercial vehicle operations
  • Weigh in motion scales
  • Pavements
  • Pavement maintenance
  • Costs
  • Precision
  • Evaluation
  • Traffic patrol
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/IN/JTRP-2001/09
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Indiana
• Edition:
  Technical Summary
• Corporate Publisher:
  Indiana Department of Transportation
• Abstract:
  The concept of using existing INDOT Weigh-In-Motion equipment, a laptop computer, and wireless communication equipment, to develop a virtual weigh station system was proposed for deployment in Indiana in 1998. The Virtual Weigh Station screening tool developed in this project allows officers to read the weights of vehicles crossing WIM scales, in real time, in their patrol cars. Giving officers this information increases the chances that the vehicles selected for weighing on portable scales are indeed overweight. This report documents the accuracy and precision evaluation performed on all the candidate WIM sites as well as the new infrastructure required to implement the Virtual Weigh Station concept.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  SPR-2481
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/90895/dot_90895_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 57.07 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:60f45df54ff975e6d196e6b40f9e711ac57bb92ec863b1cbd6b08894236afbdb4ea75f46d51fbe0d5c2d812362cc246024b98be5e11dfa834b44a93c9d9be430