FDOT CVO Mainline Screening

Project Description: Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO) Mainline Screening project will screen commercial vehicles on the mainline highway upstream of the FDOT Scales and Inspection Facillities. Vehicles are screened and if in violation, are signaled to pull in to the FDOT Scales and Inspection Facility.

Project Status: Planned

Project Stakeholders:

• FDOT Motor Carrier Size and Weight (MCSAW) Work Unit
• FDOT State Maintenance Office
• Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
• IRP Inc
• Private Commercial Vehicle and Fleet Operators

Project Service Packages:

• CVO08: Smart Roadside and Virtual WIM (FDOT CVO Mainline Screening)

Project Information Flows:

Information Flow	Source Element	Destination Element	Status
citation	CVIEW	MCSAW Central System	Planned
citation	MCSAW Central System	CVIEW	Planned
citation	MCSAW Central System	MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites	Planned
citation	MCSAW Field Devices	MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites	Planned
commercial vehicle permit information	FDOT OS/OW Permit System	IRP Clearinghouse	Planned
commercial vehicle permit information	FDOT OS/OW Permit System	MCSAW Central System	Planned
commercial vehicle permit information	FDOT OS/OW Permit System	MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites	Planned
commercial vehicle permit information	MCSAW Central System	MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites	Planned
commercial vehicle permit information	MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites	MCSAW Field Devices	Planned
commercial vehicle violation notification	MCSAW Field Devices	MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites	Planned
credentials information	CVIEW	MCSAW Central System	Planned
credentials information	MCSAW Central System	MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites	Planned
credentials information	MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites	MCSAW Central System	Planned
credentials information	MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites	MCSAW Field Devices	Planned
credentials status information	CVIEW	MCSAW Central System	Planned
credentials status information	MCSAW Central System	MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites	Planned
credentials status information	MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites	MCSAW Central System	Planned
credentials status information	MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites	MCSAW Field Devices	Planned
cv driver record	CVIEW	MCSAW Central System	Planned
cv driver record	MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites	MCSAW Field Devices	Planned
daily site activity data	MCSAW Field Devices	MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites	Planned
driver log	Commercial Vehicle	MCSAW Field Devices	Planned
driver log	MCSAW Field Devices	MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites	Planned
electronic screening request	MCSAW Field Devices	Commercial Vehicle	Planned
freight equipment information	Commercial Vehicle	MCSAW Field Devices	Planned
on-board safety data	Commercial Vehicle	MCSAW Field Devices	Planned
on-board safety data	MCSAW Field Devices	MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites	Planned
pass/pull-in	MCSAW Field Devices	Commercial Vehicle	Planned
roadside data message	MCSAW Field Devices	MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites	Planned
safety inspection report	MCSAW Central System	MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites	Planned
safety inspection report	MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites	MCSAW Central System	Planned
safety status information	CVIEW	MCSAW Central System	Planned
safety status information	MCSAW Central System	CVIEW	Planned
safety status information	MCSAW Central System	MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites	Planned
safety status information	MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites	MCSAW Central System	Planned
safety status information	MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites	MCSAW Field Devices	Planned
screening event record	Commercial Vehicle	MCSAW Field Devices	Planned
screening event record	MCSAW Field Devices	Commercial Vehicle	Planned
targeted list	MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites	MCSAW Field Devices	Planned
trigger area notification	MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites	MCSAW Field Devices	Planned
trigger area notification	MCSAW Field Devices	Commercial Vehicle	Planned
trigger control	MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites	MCSAW Field Devices	Planned
unique identifiers	Commercial Vehicle	MCSAW Field Devices	Planned
weigh-in-motion information	MCSAW Field Devices	MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites	Planned

Project Functional Requirements (Element - Functional Object):

• Commercial Vehicle - CV On-Board Electronic Screening Support
• 1: The commercial vehicle shall receive electronic screening (pass/pull-in) messages from the roadside check facilities and present them to the driver in either audible or visual forms.
• 2: The commercial vehicle shall respond to requests to provide data accumulated on-board the vehicle to roadside check facilities for inspection including driver logs, electronic identifiers, credentials, border clearance data, and other screening data such as cargo status, hazmat identifiers, out of service status, vehicle axle weight, vehicle weight, and time.
• 3: The commercial vehicle shall respond to requests to provide the identity, status and other information from the electronic cargo lock tag, if so equipped, to roadside check facilities, including border crossings.


• Commercial Vehicle - CV On-Board Safety and Security
• 1: The commercial vehicle shall receive safety and security messages from the roadside check facilities and present them to the driver in either audible or visual forms.
• 2: The commercial vehicle shall respond to requests to provide on-board safety inspection data to roadside check facilities including vehicle identification, driver logs, and characteristics data for initiating safety and security checking. Results of the inspection are read back into the on-board equipment.
• 9: The commercial vehicle shall receive the command from the roadside check facilities to pull into or bypass inspection station


• CVIEW - CVAC Credentials and Taxes Administration
• 1: The center shall manage electronic credentials filing and processing for commercial vehicles.
• 2: The center shall manage the filing of appropriate taxes for the operation of commercial vehicles.
• 3: The center shall process requests for payments of electronic credentials and tax filing, maintaining an interface to a Financial Institution as necessary.
• 4: The center shall exchange credentials and tax information with other commercial vehicle administration centers, either other states or the federal government.


• CVIEW - CVAC Information Exchange
• 2: The center shall exchange safety and credentials data among other commercial vehicle administration centers, including border clearance status, credentials information, credentials status information, driver records, accident reports, permit information, and safety status information.
• 3: The center shall package data concerning commercial vehicle safety and credentials into snapshots (top-level summary and critical status information).


• CVIEW - CVAC Safety and Security Administration
• 1: The center shall provide commercial vehicle safety and security data to roadside check facilities.
• 2: The center shall collect and review safety inspection reports and violations from the roadside check facilities and pass on appropriate portions to other commercial vehicle administrative centers and commercial vehicle fleet operators.
• 4: The center shall provide commercial vehicle accident reports to enforcement agencies and the commercial fleet management center.


• FDOT OS/OW Permit System - CVAC Credentials and Taxes Administration
• 13: The center shall issue special Oversize/Overweight and HAZMAT permits in coordination with other cognizant authorities.


• IRP Clearinghouse - CVAC Credentials and Taxes Administration
• 2: The center shall manage the filing of appropriate taxes for the operation of commercial vehicles.
• 3: The center shall process requests for payments of electronic credentials and tax filing, maintaining an interface to a Financial Institution as necessary.


• MCSAW Central System - CVAC Credentials and Taxes Administration
• 1: The center shall manage electronic credentials filing and processing for commercial vehicles.
• 4: The center shall exchange credentials and tax information with other commercial vehicle administration centers, either other states or the federal government.
• 8: The center shall provide credentials information about commercial vehicle operators and carriers to authorized requestors, including roadside check stations that determine when a vehicle should be pulled-in based on their credentials and their actual load/freight contents.


• MCSAW Central System - CVAC Information Exchange
• 1: The center shall exchange information with roadside check facilities, including credentials and credentials status information, safety status information, daily site activity data, driver records, and citations.
• 2: The center shall exchange safety and credentials data among other commercial vehicle administration centers, including border clearance status, credentials information, credentials status information, driver records, accident reports, permit information, and safety status information.


• MCSAW Central System - CVAC Safety and Security Administration
• 1: The center shall provide commercial vehicle safety and security data to roadside check facilities.
• 2: The center shall collect and review safety inspection reports and violations from the roadside check facilities and pass on appropriate portions to other commercial vehicle administrative centers and commercial vehicle fleet operators.
• 5: The center shall receive citation records from roadside check facilities.
• 6: The center shall manage the citation records and provide the citations to enforcement agencies and the commercial fleet management center.


• MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites - CVAC Credentials and Taxes Administration
• 4: The center shall exchange credentials and tax information with other commercial vehicle administration centers, either other states or the federal government.


• MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites - CVAC Information Exchange
• 1: The center shall exchange information with roadside check facilities, including credentials and credentials status information, safety status information, daily site activity data, driver records, and citations.
• 2: The center shall exchange safety and credentials data among other commercial vehicle administration centers, including border clearance status, credentials information, credentials status information, driver records, accident reports, permit information, and safety status information.


• MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites - CVAC Safety and Security Administration
• 1: The center shall provide commercial vehicle safety and security data to roadside check facilities.


• MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites - CVCE Citation and Accident Electronic Recording
• 3: The roadside check facility equipment shall forward results of the roadside inspections to the commercial vehicle administration center either as needed or on a periodic basis. These reports include accident reports, violation notifications, citations, and daily site activity logs.
• 4: The roadside check facility equipment shall receive driver records from the commercial vehicle administration center to support driver identification and collection of driver credentials and history information.


• MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites - CVCE Electronic Screening
• 1: The roadside electronic screening equipment shall detect the presence of commercial vehicles and freight equipment approaching a facility.
• 11: The roadside check facility equipment shall send a record of daily activities at the facility including summaries of screening events and inspections to the commercial vehicle administration center.
• 2: The roadside check facility equipment shall differentiate between different types of vehicles and determine the number of axles, gross vehicle weight, and the identification of the vehicle and its cargo.
• 4: The roadside check facility equipment shall receive commercial vehicle violation records and carriers, vehicles, and drivers of interest from appropriate law enforcement agencies.


• MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites - CVCE Safety and Security Inspection
• 1: The roadside check facility equipment shall receive information concerning commercial vehicles and freight equipment approaching a facility that are being pulled in for safety and security inspections.


• MCSAW Electronic Bypass Sites - CVCE Weigh-In-Motion
• 1: The roadside check facility equipment shall detect the presence of commercial vehicles and freight equipment approaching a facility.
• 2: The roadside check facility equipment shall request and input electronic screening data from the commercial vehicle's electronic tag data.


• MCSAW Field Devices - CVCE Citation and Accident Electronic Recording
• 4: The roadside check facility equipment shall receive driver records from the commercial vehicle administration center to support driver identification and collection of driver credentials and history information.


• MCSAW Field Devices - CVCE Electronic Screening
• 1: The roadside electronic screening equipment shall detect the presence of commercial vehicles and freight equipment approaching a facility.
• 2: The roadside check facility equipment shall differentiate between different types of vehicles and determine the number of axles, gross vehicle weight, and the identification of the vehicle and its cargo.
• 7: The roadside electronic screening equipment shall request and input electronic screening data from the commercial vehicle's electronic tag data.


• MCSAW Field Devices - CVCE Safety and Security Inspection
• 1: The roadside check facility equipment shall receive information concerning commercial vehicles and freight equipment approaching a facility that are being pulled in for safety and security inspections.
• 4: The roadside check facility equipment shall request and input electronic safety data from the commercial vehicle's electronic tag data. This includes identities, driver logs, on-board safety data, safety inspection records, commercial vehicle breach information, as well as freight equipment information.


• MCSAW Field Devices - CVCE Weigh-In-Motion
• 1: The roadside check facility equipment shall detect the presence of commercial vehicles and freight equipment approaching a facility.
• 2: The roadside check facility equipment shall request and input electronic screening data from the commercial vehicle's electronic tag data.
• 3: The roadside check facility equipment shall send a pass/pull-in notification to the commercial vehicle and its driver based on the information received from the vehicle and the measurements taken. The message may be sent to the on-board equipment in the commercial vehicle or transmitted to the driver using equipment such as dynamic message signs, red-green lights, flashing signs, etc.
• 4: The roadside check facility equipment shall differentiate between different types of commercial vehicles, including number of axles, presence of containers, and types of connected freight equipment.

Project Solutions:

• (None-Data) - Local Unicast Wireless (1609.2)
• (None-Data) - Secure Internet (ITS)
• (None-Data) - WAVE IPv6
• US: SAE J3067 (J2735 SE) - Local Unicast Wireless (1609.2)
• US: SAE J3067 (J2735 SE) - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: SAE J3067 (J2735 SE) - WAVE IPv6

Project Operational Concepts:

Roles and Responsibilities

• Private Commercial Vehicle and Fleet Operators
• Coordinate with FDOT Scales and Inspection Facilities for enforcement of CV violations.
• Operates Commercial Vehicles and freight containers on Florida roadways.


• Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
• Allows participating transponder equipped CVO to bypass designated weigh stations and port-of entry facilities.
• Collects information from the commercial vehicle credentialing and tax systems to generate portions of the interstate carrier, vehicle, and driver snapshots and reports for exchange within the state (e.g., to roadside sites) and with the SAFER system.
• Issues commercial vehicle licenses, vehicle registrations, and administers fuel taxes for Florida-based commercial vehicles.
• Provides information on a carriers International Registration Plan (IRP) and International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA).


• FDOT State Maintenance Office
• Collects current road restrictions.
• Issues oversize and overweight permits for commercial vehicles.
• Operate FDOT Scales and Inspection Facilities, including static scales and weigh-in-motion facilities that are or will be equipped with ITS electronic clearance and safety inspection equipment.
• Provides information on permits that have been issued to improve highway safety and operating efficiency.
• Provides permit information to all patrol vehicles.
• Provides supplemental inspection services such as expedited brake inspections, the use of operator hand-held devices, mobile screening sites, on-board safety database access, and the enrollment of vehicles and carriers in the electronic clearance program.
• Provides warnings to the commercial vehicle drivers, their fleet managers, and proper authorities of any safety problems that have been identified, accessing and examining historical safety data, and automatically deciding whether to allow the vehicle to
• Supports automated vehicle identification at mainline speeds for credential checking, roadside safety inspections, and weigh-in-motion.


• IRP Inc
• Facilitates the electronic exchange and reconciliation of registration information and fees among jurisdictions under the International Registration Plan (the Plan).
• Provides for payment of license fees on the basis of fleet miles operated in various jurisdictions under a registration reciprocity agreement among jurisdictions in the United States and Canada.


• FDOT Motor Carrier Size and Weight (MCSAW) Work Unit
• Operate FDOT Scales and Inspection Facilities, including static scales and weigh-in-motion facilities that are or will be equipped with ITS electronic clearance and safety inspection equipment.