Tire Pressure system – Final evaluation report available

17:59 23/02/2021

As part of the URSA MAJOR neo project, the Dutch national road operator Rijkswaterstaat started a pilot on the A16 (south of Rotterdam) concerning the measurement of tire pressure of trucks.

In the periode 2018-2020 Rijkswaterstaat tested two aspects:

1. is the measurement system reliable, and
2. is the system effective, in other words: did the trial result in less tire-related incidents with trucks and in less congestion?.

Apart from these two questions Rijkswaterstaat also focused on future use of this system.

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