T0647 Close Following

Concepts

• birmingham
• development sevices
• enforce - close following offences
• the close following problem
• consultancy services
• more scenarios
• road
• various vehicle types
• sensor technology
• road traffic collisions

Location

Description

National Highways is committed to reducing injuries resulting from Road Traffic Collisions (RTC). Early in 2015 Task 352 facilitated initial trials at an off-road facility to identify whether sensor technology could be developed to measure the frequency of - and enforce - close following offences. At the time, four of the six systems showed potential. Subsequently Task 520 subjected the promising prototype systems to further, and more complex, off-road trials. These additional trials provided the system suppliers with important testing and development time at an off-road facility. Trials were conducted using a greater number of vehicles, various vehicle types (including motorbikes) and more scenarios. All four prototype systems involved in Task 520 were believed to be capable of supporting the on-road trials to gather data to understand the extent of the close following problem on the network. SPATS Task 1-022 took the first equipment to a live roadside site and analysed the performance of the systems.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 73220000 - Development consultancy services

Indicators

• Contract is suitable for SMEs.

Other Information

n/a T0647 Close Following SPaTS 2 Award Letter trans.docx