VAST Regional ITS Architecture

CV On-Board Safety and Security Functional Area

Description

'CV On–Board Safety and Security' collects and processes vehicle and driver safety and security information and provides safety and security information to the Fleet and Freight Management Center. It also supplies this information to the roadside facilities both at mainline speeds and while stopped for inspections. Safety information may also be provided at predetermined trigger areas using wireless communications. The capability to alert the commercial vehicle driver whenever there is a critical safety or security problem or potential emergency is also provided. It also supports on–board driver safety log maintenance and checking.

Included In

Motor Carrier Vehicles

Functional Requirements

ID	Requirement
01	The commercial vehicle shall receive the command from the roadside check facilities to pull into or bypass inspection station
01	The commercial vehicle shall receive safety and security messages from the roadside check facilities and present them to the driver in either audible or visual forms.
02	The commercial vehicle shall respond to requests to provide on–board safety inspection data to roadside check facilities including vehicle identification, driver logs, and characteristics data for initiating safety and security checking. Results of the inspection are read back into the on–board equipment.
03	The commercial vehicle shall monitor on–board systems pertaining to the safety and security of the vehicle, its driver, and its cargo/freight equipment; and provide the information to the driver, roadside check facilities, and commercial fleet management centers.
04	The commercial vehicle shall provide information concerning a breach or tamper event on a commercial vehicle or its attached freight equipment to roadside check facilities and to the commercial fleet management center, the information includes identity, type of breach, location, and time.
05	The commercial vehicle shall provide expected driver identity characteristics (e.g., PIN codes and biometric data) to roadside check facilities to support safety and security checking.
06	The commercial vehicle shall provide information about previous attempts to disable the commercial vehicle to roadside check facilities.
07	The commercial vehicle shall provide safety information at predetermined trigger areas using wireless communications.
08	The commercial vehicle shall record the results of roadside safety inspections.
10	The commercial vehicle shall provide safety data to the commercial fleet management center upon request.