Florida, United States
Statewide, Indiana, United States
Institutional Issues Affecting the Implementation of IVHS Technologies to Commercial Vehicle Operations in the State of Indiana
Summary Information
Based upon the Florida study of the Advantage I-75 operational field test of IVHS-CVO, it was determined that IVHS-CVO could save $1.59 per reduced weight station stop, $0.864 per reduced minute idling, and capture lost motor-carrier revenue at a rate of $0.882 per reduced minute of delay. Using these values for Indiana, total savings for a 65 mi/h WIM mainline by-pass would be $267.8 million, $231.2 million for a 40 mi/h WIM offline sorting, and $137.2 million for a 20 mi/h WIM offline sorting. Also from the Florida study, the median truck accident rate at all the weigh stations was 92.25 accidents per 100 million truck-miles of travel, much lower than the national average of 219. A potential maximum annual safety savings of $3.8 million is estimated for Indiana. Typical state benefits of $3.6 to 5.5 million and typical motor carrier benefits of $17.7 to 53.0 million could be realized from uniformity in compliance requirements with AVI. Indiana could also gain $22.1 million annually from additional violation citations brought about by better enforcement.