Findings from these tests are limited in terms of their reporting; however, the survey and interview are considered
highly valuable by our industry partner.
2.1.4. CRADA experience
INL recently initiated a CRADA with the Idaho Transportation Department and industry whose focus is on a
number of issues, includingvehicle to vehicle and vehicle to infrastructure communication for heavy vehicles.This
work is underway and includes instrumenting vehicles and conducting tests on INL site roads and the Idaho
highway.The initial focus vehicles are motor coaches and snow plows.A number of times per year, Idaho
experiences limited visibility conditions and real time weather information can be vital. Real time weather data will
be taken from fixed pavement and mobile weather sensors.Uploading real time weather information from plows
with 511 weather information services is an early effort that will be followed by signal phasing, vehicle platooning,
and infrastructure communication.To date, the effort has led to instrumenting and testing coaches with Dedicated
Short-Range Communications and other on board equipment.HFE functions include display design, ergonomics,
field tests of prototype systems, driver situation awareness evaluation, and ergonomics for visual and auditory