Deer Deter - Smart cooperative infrastructure sensors prevent wildlife accidents

摘要

IPv6 connectivity of vehicles and infrastructure is seen as one of the top requirements for thefuture traffic safety and management. Wildlife is a huge and widely underestimated challengeto traffic safety. Every year there are annually 300,000 reported wildlife-vehicle collisions(WVC) in the USA. According the “Wildlife Vehicle Collision Reduction Study - Report toCongress” (FHA, August 2007), the annual damage was estimated to be USD 8.4 billion. Toprevent wildlife related accidents, todays measures are either quite expensive (like fencing) ornot efficient enough.This new approach uses a cooperative sensor/actor network. The devices are activated eitherby the electronic vehicles detectors or by ETSI-CAM broadcast from approaching cars. Theactivated network emits opto-acoustic alerts to the wildlife - causing it to leave the roadtimely - and ETSI-DENM warnings to the oncoming vehicle.The Joint FP7-ITSSv6 and FOTsis demonstration utilizes the capabilities of the ‘VirtualRoadfence’ and connects the cooperative roadside sensor/actor network with the FOTsisservice centre. It points the way towards a reliable, cost efficient and manageable WVCavoidance system for road operators.This system is aligned with the ITS Action Plan of the European Commission and executesthe requirements for future road transport.