Severe atmospheric and road surface conditions on rural highways create a variety of transportation hazards. Variable Speed Limit (VSL) systems can mitigate the dangers caused by these conditions by displaying prudent maximum speed limits that reflect the prevailing atmospheric and road surface conditions. This paper discusses the design and implementation of a fuzzy rulebased system (FRBS) tha...

Keywords: Vehicular network Road network Multicast Anycast Data forwarding I2V a b s t r a c t This paper describes Trajectory-based Multi-Anycast forwarding (TMA), tailored and optimized for the efficient multicast data delivery in vehicular networks in terms of transmission cost. To our knowledge, this is the first attempt to investigate the efficient multicast data delivery in vehicle networ...

1.0 INTRODUCTION Accurate road location and condition information are of primary importance in road infrastructure management. Additionally, spatially accurate and up-to-date road networks are essential in ambulance and rescue dispatch in emergency situations. However, accurate road infrastructure databases do not exist for vast areas, particularly in areas with rapid expansion. Currently, the ...

Traffic Control on roads is the major problem in modern cities. Large amount of time and resources are exhausted during travelling because of traffic congestion.Identifying emergency vehicles and providing best path is also crucial for the success of any traffic management system. This paper proposed QoS Agent and implemented an integrated Linear Traffic Control Dynamic Model (LTCDM) by integra...

INTRODUCTION Road traffic injuries constitute a major public health issue. The Province of Grosseto is one of the territories most affected in the Region of Tuscany. The objective of the study, part of the Road Safety Provincial Council's project, is to describe the epidemiology of the road accidents in order to contribute to the reduction of the burden of deaths and injuries. METHODS The dat...

Article history: Received 8 August 2016 Received in revised form 19 August 2017 Accepted 26 August 2017 Available online xxxx In emergency management, tools are needed so we can take the appropriate action at different stages of an evacuation. Recent wildfires in California showed how quickly a natural disaster can affect a large geographical area. Natural disasters can create unpredicted traff...

BACKGROUND Physicians' warnings to patients who are potentially unfit to drive are a medical intervention intended to prevent trauma from motor vehicle crashes. We assessed the association between medical warnings and the risk of subsequent road crashes. METHODS We identified consecutive patients who received a medical warning in Ontario, Canada, between April 1, 2006, and December 31, 2009, ...

The severe accident that broke out at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power stations on March 11, 2011, caused seemingly infinite damage to the daily life of residents. Serious and wide-spread contamination of the environment occurred due to radioactive materials discharged from nuclear power stations (NPSs). At the same time, many issues were highlighted concerning countermeasures to severe nuclear...