Patent ID: 6480769
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
A vehicle travel control system in which travel conditions of a travel track made up of 2-way dual-lane vehicle tracks on which a plurality of vehicles travel are monitored by a monitor station, and travel instructions are issued to the plurality of vehicles from the monitor station; comprisingmeans for setting a no-entry area which, on the basis of the monitored result of the travel conditions of the travel track, sets the no-entry area ahead of one of the vehicles traveling on one lane of the 2-way dual-lane vehicle track; first instruction means which issues to the one of the vehicles travel instructions which cause the vehicle to avoid the no-entry area and travel on a section of an oncoming lane whose traffic runs in an opposite direction to the one lane; and second instruction means which issues to an oncoming vehicle traveling on the oncoming lane travel instructions which prohibit entry to the section of the oncoming lane.