Browsing by Author "Krum, Andrew"

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    Evaluation of an In-vehicle Monitoring System Among an Oil and Gas Well Servicing Fleet
    Krum, Andrew; Miller, Andrew M.; Soccolich, Susan A. (National Surface Transportation Safety Center for Excellence, 2020-05-01)
    A pilot study of an in-vehicle monitoring system (IVMS) was conducted among a fleet of oil and gas well servicing vehicles. Data collected from the fleet were handled anonymously across 21 IVMS-instrumented light vehicle pickup trucks. Data were also collected on a sample of four participating drivers, one manager and three site workers, whose vehicles were instrumented with an IVMS and a miniature data acquisition system (MiniDAS). Among the 21 IVMS-instrumented trucks, there was a 60% reduction in speeding events and a 50% reduction in aggressive driving events. Questionnaires on the IVMS showed that drivers remained neutral to positive after the study was completed and rated the functionality of the IVMS positively. Analysis of the driving patterns of the four participants with MiniDAS-equipped vehicles showed long hours (average daily on-duty and commute time of 15.4 hours for the three site workers) and significant driving time on unimproved roads, which offer their own sets of hazards distinct from highway driving.
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    Trucking Fleet Concept of Operations for Automated Driving System-equipped Commercial Motor Vehicles
    Krum, Andrew; Mabry, J. Erin; Hanowski, Richard J.; Stojanovski, O.; Manke, A.; Adebisi, A.; Hammond, R.; Hickman, Jeffrey S.; Miller, Andrew M.; Camden, Matthew C.; Potts, I.; Harwood, D.; Jin, X.; Pugliese, B.; Ridgeway, C.; Werner, A.; Walker, M.; Kerns, L.; Meissner, K.; Parks, L.; Argueta, O.; Griffor, E.; Sarkar, A.; Stephens, M.; Yang, G.; Levin, J.; Faulkner, D.; Petersen, M.; Golusky, M.; Tidwell, S.; Crowder, T.; Bragg, H.; Terranova, P.; Thapa, S. (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 2024-07)
    The primary goals of the CONOPS project were to: i) collect information and practices on how to safely integrate ADS-equipped CMVs into the U.S. road transportation system; ii) provide the USDOT with data; iii) demonstrate how to integrate and deploy ADS-equipped trucks in a productive and cooperative way into the existing road freight ecosystem; and iv) collaborate with a broad and diverse group that includes government entities, university and research institutes, trucking associations, and private partners. This research found that the path forward to maintain public acceptance and achieve goals of ADS-equipped CMV operational cost-effectiveness, increased freight productivity, and reduction of crashes is through human operational assurance of vehicle, automation, freight, and public safety through specification, maintenance, inspections, monitoring, insurance, metrics, roadway assessment, and secure communications, as well as continuous lifecycle performance checks.