Commercial Vehicles - Commercial Vehicle Functionality
Subsystem Description
The Commercial Vehicle Subsystem (CVS) resides in a commercial vehicle and provides the sensory, processing, storage, and communications functions necessary to support safe and efficient commercial vehicle operations. The Commercial Vehicle Subsystem provides two-way communications between the commercial vehicle drivers, their fleet managers, attached freight equipment, and roadside officials, and provides HAZMAT response teams with timely and accurate cargo contents information after a vehicle incident. This subsystem provides the capability to collect and process vehicle, cargo information from the attached freight equipment, and driver safety data and status and alert the driver whenever there is a potential safety or security problem. Basic identification, security and safety status data are supplied to inspection facilities at mainline speeds. In addition, the subsystem will automatically collect and record mileage, fuel usage, and border crossings.
Functional Area: On-board Cargo Monitoring
On-board systems monitoring the location and status of the commercial vehicle and its cargo. Sends the data on to appropriate centers and roadside facilities, including emergency management in the case of HAZMAT incidents.
| ID | Requirement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The commercial vehicle shall compute the location of the commercial vehicle and its freight equipment. | Existing |
| 2 | The commercial vehicle shall monitor on-board systems and record measures such as weight, vehicle security status, vehicle safety status, vehicle identity, driver status, driver safety status, distance traveled, and brake condition. | Planned |
| 3 | The commercial vehicle shall monitor information concerning the freight equipment including cargo type, HAZMAT designation (if any) for the cargo, cargo weight, the type of container in which the cargo is held, safety condition of the cargo, etc. | Planned |
| 4 | The commercial vehicle shall forward information concerning the freight equipment on to its fleet and freight management center as well as the roadside check facility. | Existing |
| 5 | The commercial vehicle shall send notification of a hazmat spill to appropriate emergency management center in case of an incident including the information from cargo sensors, vehicle location, and the carrier identification. | Planned |
Functional Area: On-board CV Electronic Data
On-board systems exchanging information between the vehicle and the roadside facility with the information such as status of driver, vehicle, carrier IDs and cargo information identified via an electronic tag.
| ID | Requirement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The commercial vehicle shall receive pass/pull-in messages from the roadside check facilities and present them to the driver in either audible or visual forms. | Existing |
| 2 | The commercial vehicle shall respond to requests to provide data accumulated on-board the vehicle to roadside check facilities for inspection including driver logs, electronic identifiers, credentials, border clearance data, and other screening data such as cargo status, hazmat identifiers, out of service status, vehicle axle weight, vehicle weight, and time. | Existing |
| 3 | The commercial vehicle shall respond to requests to provide the identity, status and other information from the electronic cargo lock tag, if so equipped, to roadside check facilities, including border crossings. | Existing |
Functional Area: On-board CV Safety and Security
On-board systems collect and process on-board vehicle and driver safety and security information; exchanging information with roadside and remote facilities at mainline speeds and while stopped for inspections.
| ID | Requirement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The commercial vehicle shall receive pass/pull-in messages from the roadside check facilities and present them to the driver in either audible or visual forms. | Existing |
| 2 | 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. | Existing |
| 3 | 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. | Planned |
| 4 | The commercial vehicle shall provide interface with the driver to be presented with and respond to alerts, either visual or audible, concerning the safety and security of the vehicle and its cargo. Alerts and messages specific to commercial vehicles include trucks not advised on a route, trucks over 10 tons not allowed on bridge, route details, detected route deviations and warning indications detected by on-board sensors (e.g., safety) and freight equipment sensors (e.g., breach, cargo). | Planned |
| 5 | 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. | Existing |
Functional Area: On-board Driver Authentication
On-board systems to identify and authenticate commercial vehicle drivers based on inputs from the controlling center. Supports ability to safely disable the vehicle if an unauthorized access is detected.
| ID | Requirement | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The commercial vehicle shall receive and store driver assignments and associated driver identity characteristic keys from the commercial vehicle fleet management center. | Planned |
| 2 | The commercial vehicle shall detect when an unauthorized commercial vehicle driver attempts to drive their vehicle based on stored driver identity information; passing the information on to the commercial vehicle fleet management center. | Planned |
| 3 | The commercial vehicle shall activate commands to safely disable the commercial vehicle when an unauthorized driver is detected; either in a stand-alone fashion or in response to inputs from the commercial vehicle fleet management center. | Planned |
Functional Area: On-board Trip Monitoring
On-board systems to provide automatic vehicle location and automated mileage and fuel reporting and auditing. In addition, monitors the planned route and notifies the fleet and freight management center of any deviations.