Patent ID: 6345586
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
A method for confirming vehicle travel position comprising the steps of:securing markers within a cab of the vehicle on a dashboard of the vehicle, the markers being movably attached to the vehicle through a shallow depression, a plurality of teeth arranged at sides of the shallow depression, and a slider for engaging the plurality of teeth, the markers having a viewing surface with a fluorescent material facing a driver's seat of the vehicle; positioning the markers, so that the fluorescent material of the markers respectively lie over a line extending from right and left tires of the vehicle as viewed from the driver's seat of the vehicle, by sliding the slider along the shallow depression so that the slider respective engages different teeth of the plurality of teeth; and operating the vehicle using the fluorescent material of the markers to position the vehicle through which the right and left tires will pass.