What if one of the vehicles on the PTS roadway experiences a malfunction such as a tire blowout?
PTS vehicles would be required to be equipped with solid core tires eliminating the potential for stranding due to a tire blowout. Additionally, each vehicle’s onboard, automated sensing computer continually monitors all of the vehicle’s critical components. Every time a vehicle requests entry onto the PTS roadway the master computer performs a quick diagnostic via the vehicle’s onboard computer. If at any time one of the vehicle’s critical systems exceeds preset operational and safety parameters, it is either denied access to the PTS or is immediately removed from the PTS roadway via the next exit. Should a vehicle fail without triggering the onboard sensing computer ahead of time (however unlikely) the master computer can use another vehicle on the roadway to push the problem vehicle off the PTS roadway via the next exit. PTS vehicles would be equipped with a special bumper for this purpose. Nevertheless, this scenario would be extremely rare thanks to the automated onboard sensing c
