TSAG Survey
CAV Opportunites and Impacts on Emergency Response

Overview

Connected/Cooperative Automated Vehicles (CAV) present a number of potential challenges and opportunities to emergency response and public safety. There is a need to work with public safety agencies to identify potential response risks and opportunities of automation.

The Transportation Safety Advancement Group (TSAG) is identifying response issues associated with CAV and the potential impacts on public safety emergency responders. We will summarize these issues, review current research being conducted in this area, including work being done by USDOT, NHSTA, and NCHRP, and identify gaps in the current research and future research needs in a whitepaper for use by TSAG Communities of Interest.

Thank you for participating!

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* 1. What TSAG Community of Interest do you represent?

Emergency Communications

Law Enforcement

Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

Fire and Rescue

Transportation Operations

Emergency Management

Technology and Telematics

Academic and Research

Governing Agencies

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* 2. How familiar are you with CAV technology?

Extremely familiar

Very familiar

Somewhat familiar

Not so familiar

Not at all familiar

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* 3. How confident are you that CAV manufacturers are considering potential impacts on public safety response?

Extremely confident

Very confident

Somewhat confident

Not so confident

Not at all confident

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* 4. What are your biggest response concerns with CAV technology?

Electrical hazards and ability to disable power

AV's ability to detect and respond safely to emergency scene traffic control

AV's ability to detect and respond appropriately to response vehicles with lights and sirens

AV's response to emergency vehicles with lights on the side of the road (i.e. compliance with move-over laws)

AV's actions when there is an operational issue (e.g. pull to the side or exit the highway)

Emergency access for patient care and extrication

Stabilizing vehicles and disabling self-drive mode

Ability to communicate with vehicle system operator

Preservation of on-board event data

Vehicle towing requirements

Additional training for public safety responders

Other (please specify)

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* 5. What benefits to public safety do you anticipate from CAV technology?

Enhanced and automated crash notification

Enhanced crash data

Reduced response times

Improved patient outcomes

Reduction in number of crashes

Reduction in severity of crashes

Ability to geofence an incident scene to reduce vehicle intrusion

Automated, cooperative lane change (move-over and lane shifts)

Other (please specify)

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* 6. What changes do you anticipate in your agencies to meet the demands of CAV?

Changes to agency protocols

Additional training needs

New equipment needs

Other (please specify)

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* 7. What information or additional research do you need to support response to CAV?

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* 8. What publications or resources should we include in the literature review for this project?

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* 9. Please provide your name and contact information.

Name

Organization

Email Address

Phone Number

TSAG SurveyCAV Opportunites and Impacts on Emergency Response

Overview

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* 1. What TSAG Community of Interest do you represent?

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* 2. How familiar are you with CAV technology?

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* 3. How confident are you that CAV manufacturers are considering potential impacts on public safety response?

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* 4. What are your biggest response concerns with CAV technology?

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* 5. What benefits to public safety do you anticipate from CAV technology?

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* 6. What changes do you anticipate in your agencies to meet the demands of CAV?

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* 7. What information or additional research do you need to support response to CAV?

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* 8. What publications or resources should we include in the literature review for this project?

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* 9. Please provide your name and contact information.

TSAG Survey
CAV Opportunites and Impacts on Emergency Response