摘要: |
Safety is a major goal of the National ITS Program. To promote safety, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) funded a series of Field Operational Tests to evaluate two low-cost emergency and assistance communications and rapid response devices and supporting services. This type of mayday service allows a motorist to report an incident to a service center which alerts a service provider who dispatches aid to the scene. Mayday services can meet the national ITS goal of improving safety by improving (emergency medical) and roadway service response, reducing the number of fatalities and the severity of injuries resulting from a collision, and reducing the number of pedestrian and vehicle collisions secondary to an incident. The implementation of these technologies will take place in the current E-911/Emergency Service arena. This arena has its own protocols, technologies, regulations, liability and legal risks and regulations. These are the institutional issues a new mayday service will need to address. This report documents and analyzes the institutional issues surrounding successful implementation of in-vehicle Global Positioning System (GPS) equipped mayday devices as defined by the Puget Sound Help Me (PuSHMe) Field Operational Test conducted in Seattle, Washington. |