Telematics System for Increasing the Road Safety by Predicting the Occupancy of the Parking Areas on the Highways

Abstract

he paper presents the telematics system which deals with a problem of lack of parking places for trucks. This problem can lead to very dangerous situation with improper parking of these trucks. The presented telematics system provides information about the predicted occupancy of parking areas along the highways. This information will help to optimize the usage of existing parking and it is useful for truck drivers in their decision making process of selection the appropriate place for parking, which will contribute to the fluency and safety of traffic as a whole.