VEHICLE CONTROL
The next ITS functional technology area is the Advanced Vehicle Control Systems (AVCS).
This area of ITS faces, perhaps, the most long-term development (+20 years), yet it is surprising
that perhaps the origin of the ITS program is probably owed to the early concepts of controlling
the individual vehicle. What makes the automatic control problem technologically very complex
and socially challenging is the combining of the human freedom of will, with a complex and
highly interactive transportation infrastructure. It is our opinion that in t,he U.S., automatic
vehicle control is also a much more legally complex issue that in other countries. Given the
American cultural affinity for court litigation, it will probably be some time before the far reaching
consequences of vehicle platooning, for example, will ever become reality. The topics under vchiclc
control are:
l Driver-Assisted Vehicle Control
- Adaptive Cruise Control
- Autonomous Vehicle Control
- Collision Alert Warning
- Collision Avoidance Control
- Driver Condition and Performance
- Intersection Hazard Warning
- Vision Enhancement
- Vehicle Condition and Performance Monitoring
0 Platooning
- Intra-platoon communication and control
- Inter-platoon distance and speed control
l Automated Highway System
- Automated Check-in
- Automated Check-out
- Lateral Control
- Longitudinal Control
- Malfunction Control
- Traffic Regulation