How well can high-impact vehicles be monitored with GPS?

Author(s)
Taylor, G.
Year
Abstract

Australia's road transport agencies are under increasing pressure to allow transport operators to use large special-combination vehicles (often referred to as freight-efficient vehicles or FEVs) on a larger proportion of the road network. This is at a time when funds to upgrade road infrastructure to cope with these increased demands are extremely tight. This research looks at capability of satellite-based global positioning systems (GPS) in allowing the movement of these FEVs to be monitored with a view to knowing when they have departed from permitted parts of the road network. (a)

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C 21384 (In: C 21298 CD-ROM) /10 /91 / ITRD E204259
Source

In: Managing your transport assets : proceedings of the 20th ARRB Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 19-21 March 2001, 19 p.

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