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AVCS applications for productivity enhancement can be implemented now to produce a positive return on investment, unlike systems developed for the consumer automobile market which will not be commercially available in the near term. This area of development has been previously neglected because commercial vehicle and transit operators have been unaware of the maturity of AVCS technologies. AVCS researchers have focused almost exclusively on safety applications. It is widely believed that barriers to many AVCS applications are more due to institutional, economic, and legal issues than technology limitations. In order to sustain and accelerate the AVCS deployment process, it is desirable to demonstrate the benefits of AVCS in the very near future.