Norway tests real-time road condition data system
The software provides current status data in realtime and also allows users to generate a forecast for the next 12 hours. In this way, the technology not only makes it possible to improve safety on winter roads, but also relieves the burden on the environment and saves a considerable amount of winter road maintenance work, as the resources can be used more effectively.
The vehicles are networked in real time via OBD dongles developed by NIRA and register the current vehicle position, outside temperature, road friction coefficient and windscreen wiper activity. In the long term, however, the information will no longer be transmitted with OBD dongles; it is planned to make the software module an integral part of networked vehicles, explained Gustaf Kristiansson, Manager New Technologies at NIRA Dynamics.
The project was launched in January 2018 in Tromsö (Norway). More than 300 private individuals have registered their vehicles for participation.
Road status information is a networked software to detect and predict slippery roads. RSI is already used by several winter services in Sweden, but could also be used by police and fire brigades, logistics companies and the planning of special transports. The software is jointly developed by Klimator, a technology start-up from the University of Gothenburg, and NIRA Dynamics, a software supplier to the automotive industry.
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