An evaluation study of a holistic Dangerous Goods cooperative system

This paper describes the experimental plan followed for the testing of the GOOD ROUTE system as well as some indicative test results. GOOD ROUTE system, a cooperative system for Dangerous Goods vehicles, was tested both regarding human factors assessment aspects (usability and user acceptance) as well as system performance aspects in three sites, namely the Finnish highways and bridges (DESTIA), the Gotthard tunnel in Switzerland (GST) and the Frejus tunnel in Italy (SITAF). In short, it has been proved that the GOOD ROUTE system is capable to increase safety without creating time delays and other costs in the transport operation. Both technical and usability results are positive, although robustness and interfaces need to be improved prior to its commercialisation.