Low Level Function
3.1.1.5.23 Output Urban Lane & Speed Commands

Overview

This Function shall be capable of providing the following facilities:

(1) The ability to provide outputs that advise or command Drivers and/or Cyclists to use particular lane(s), and/or to drive at or below particular speeds and/or to maintain a particular headway between following Vehicles.
(2) The ability to provide these outputs in response to commands from the Manage Urban Traffic Speeds and Headways Function.
(3) The ability to provide these outputs using mechanisms that do not include in-vehicle displays or any type, and as a supplement to the outputs provided by the Output Commands & Information to Urban Roads Function.
(4) The ability to send the data in these outputs to other functionality for output by In-vehicle displays.

Functional Requirements

(a) continuously monitor for the arrival of the urban speed and lane commands data flows, plus the display error and speed being exceeded data flows
(b) when either the urban speed limit l&s comments or urban lane comments data flows in (a) is received, output its contents to drivers and cyclists in the appropriate traffic indications data flow and to the Manage Vehicle Communication to Driver function in the urban speed commands data flow
(c) also send the urban l&s device status data flow to the Detect Urban Traffic Violations function
(d) if the urban speed being exceeded data flow is received in (a), output its contents including the identity of the vehicle to which the message applies in the vehicle above required urban speeds data flow.
(e) if for any reason the actions in (b) or (d) fail then send a device failed indication in the urban l&s device status data flow to the Detect Urban Traffic Violations function and in the urban traffic management l&s response data flow to the Implement Urban Traffic Commands function
(f) if either of the urban l&s display error or urban speed display error data flows is received, check their contents to see if a difference has been found
(g) if a difference has been found then again send a device failed indication in the urban l&s device status data flow to the Detect Urban Traffic Violations function and in the urban traffic management l&s response data flow to the Implement Urban Traffic Commands function.

Diagrams

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  • DFD 3.1.1.5 Provide Urban Traffic Management Faciliti
  • Functional tree 3.1
  • Parent Higher Level Function

    Input logical dataflows

    Output logical dataflows

    User needs

    Number

    Description

    7.1.0.10
    The system shall be able to manage traffic in all or part of the road network using a methodology that is appropriate for urban roads, e.g. using traffic lights at junctions and with the possibility of incorporating facilities for pedestrians to cross the road in a controlled manner.
    7.1.0.2
    The system shall be able to implement identified control strategies that conform with specified policy.
    7.1.0.3
    The system shall not do anything to reduce road safety.
    7.1.0.5
    The system shall manage road traffic in such a way that congestion (travel time) may be reduced.
    7.1.3.4
    The system shall be able to activate control devices (e.g. traffic lights, VMS), either individually or in groups.
    7.4.4.10
    The system shall enable the TCC to display safety-related information (e.g. legal speed limit, recommended speed limit) to drivers via a road-side device.
    7.4.4.12
    The system shall be able to compare the reported speed of a vehicle with the current legal speed limit and display a warning to the driver, via a road-side device, if its current speed is greater than the legal speed limit.
    7.4.4.14
    The system shall be able to compare the reported speed of a vehicle with the current recommended speed limit and display a warning to the driver, via a road-side device, if its current speed is greater than the recommended speed limit.
    7.4.4.6
    The system shall enable the driver of the host vehicle, via an in-vehicle device, to receive safety-related information (e.g. legal speed limit, recommended speed limit) from a road-side device.
    7.4.4.8
    The system shall be able provide recommended speed limits from outside the vehicle, and to confirm that they are consistent with the limits that have been sent directly to that vehicle.
    7.4.4.9
    The system shall enable a road-side device to display safety-related information (e.g. legal speed limit, recommended speed limit) to drivers via a road-side device.
    7.4.8.9
    The system shall enable the driver of the host vehicle to be advised, via an in-vehicle device, not to enter a zone defined by virtual cones.
    7.5.1.5
    The system shall be able to manage the traffic in an area using a number of local semi-autonomous traffic management units, whose rules can be modified when required.