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Methods And Systems For Automatically Detecting And Responding To Dangerous Road Conditions

  • US 20180037221A1
  • Filed: 08/03/2016
  • Published: 02/08/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • automatically identifying, by a vehicle, an impending traversal of the vehicle over a bridge;

    sensing, at the vehicle, at least one condition indicating an accumulation of ice on the bridge;

    calculating a speed of the vehicle needed to prevent longitudinal slip between the vehicle and the bridge; and

    automatically slowing the vehicle at a rate sufficient to enable the vehicle to reach the calculated speed by the time it reaches the bridge.

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