Deployment of a CVO pilot project for specialized trucks in Taiwan

High accident rate, overloading, speeding, illegal dumping, driving on restricted routes, and over-time driving are the critical issues in managing specialized trucks in Taiwan. The specialized trucks are used for hauling aggregate materials mainly for construction. The current management system is unable to perform real-time management, such as illegal driver behavior monitoring, dynamic dispatching and emergency support. In order to solve these problems, this project attempts to improve the safety of the aggregate material transportation and its operation performance by means of real-time vehicle trucking, road information monitoring, and relevant application developments. Moreover, tests of advanced equipments are conducted to analyze the software and hardware requirements and system integration interface of intelligent transportation management systems, as well as the feasibility of incorporating an intelligent transportation system (ITS) into the management system. The pilot project includes 150 on-board units equipped with GPS, GIS and communication devices, together with vehicle data recorders. There are totally 150 trucks from northern, central and southern regions of Taiwan in the 8-month pilot project and 60 of them go into the second phase, which is another ten-months operation period.