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Warning Systems Evaluation For Overhead Clearance Detection, Clayton Rogers
Warning Systems Evaluation For Overhead Clearance Detection, Clayton Rogers
GS4 Georgia Southern Student Scholars Symposium
The accurate detection of road vehicle heights is a need that arises in departments of transportation across the nation. Usually, this dimension is required to solve various transportation issues. In particular, numerous bridges in the state of Georgia have been affected by repetitive crashes of tall vehicles against their structural elements. As an example, a recent inspection report of the Houlihan Bridge over the Savannah River documents damages resulting from numerous hits by overheight vehicles. This case emphasizes the urgency of finding preventive measures. To address this issue, a number of solutions are investigated. The known methods of vehicle height …