Knoxville Regional ITS Architecture

CVO08: Smart Roadside and Virtual WIM: THP Weigh and Inspection Station

Need Area Description

This service package includes the delivery of capabilities related to wireless roadside inspections and electronic screening/virtual weigh stations. Wireless roadside inspection is defined by a safety screening capability that employs communications technologies to obtain information from a commercial vehicle that will allow safety screening of the vehicle and its driver. This capability provides for the interrogation at mainline speeds of a commercial vehicle when it has entered a control segment or geofenced area. Vehicle identification and driver information are provided to the roadside unit. The information communicated can be used to verify compliance with safety requirements, allowing a decision to be made regarding whether the vehicle should pull in to a roadside check station. A more advanced version of this service package would download safety information measured on the vehicle including driver related information such as the driver log allowing real time evaluation that the vehicle and driver are meeting safety requirements. The electronic screening/virtual weigh stations capability employs communications technologies to obtain information from a commercial vehicle that will allow verification of permits or credentials for the vehicle. The information communicated is used to verify compliance with safety requirements, allowing a decision to be made regarding whether the vehicle should pull in to a roadside check station. This service package can also be used to verify that the commercial vehicle meets vehicle weight (via weigh in motion capability) or dimension requirements.

Need Area Type: Safety

Service Package

CVO08: Smart Roadside and Virtual WIM: THP Weigh and Inspection Station

Includes Needs

Number	Need
01	Commercial Vehicle Administration agencies need to work in conjunction with enforcement agencies to define geographic areas for targeted safety and credentials screening and share that information with commercial fleets and their drivers in order to facilitate smoother and safer operations.
02	Commercial Vehicle Administration needs to have a safety screening capability that acquires safety inspection data from commercial vehicles using electronic communications with fleets and with vehicles along the roadside.
03	Commercial Vehicle Administration needs to have a vehicle credentialing capability that acquires electronic clearance information (including the commercial vehicle and clearance status) from vehicle as it passes the inspection site and allows exchange of relevant information with center systems.
04	Commercial Vehicle Administration needs to measure the weight or dimensions of commercial vehicles while moving at mainline speeds in order to monitor and enforce weight or dimension restrictions.
05	Commercial Vehicle Management needs to know when a certain area has been identified as an area of focus or trigger areas by enforcement in order to inform the appropriate systems and stakeholders.