Ohmio LIFT Incident

The [XXX] was driving on [XXX] towards [XXX] in Riverside California. A minivan reversed out of a parking position (perpendicular parking to road lane) from the right side of the road into the shuttle¢Â€Â™s path and struck the shuttle from the side. After the incident a supervisor from the Riverside Transport Agency RTA (operator or the vehicle) was called to the side. The RTA supervisor recorded the incident according to RTAs protocols. In addition to the [XXX] trainer/supervisor being on the vehicle additional [XXX] personal was called to the side as well. Summary of Events: -Upon detecting the minivan in the side envelope, the system issued a brake command within 5ms. -Brake pressure began rising 58ms after the command and exceeded 90% of the requested pressure 164ms after the initial command. -The minivan reversed out of a parking space perpendicular to the [XXX] ’s direction of travel and struck the Lift on the side. -The minivan continued reversing until contact occurred. -The elapsed time from first detection of the minivan in the side envelope to impact was approximately 358ms. -The vehicle came to a complete stop in 1.178 seconds. In Summary: The other car pushing out from the parking position did not give way as would have been required. The [XXX] detected the other car getting into the right side of its safety envelope just 358ms before the impact. The reaction time of the [XXX] was as expected in terms of reacting to the signal and initiating a brake maneuver. However, the short time and distance between the other car entering the [XXX] safety envelope (and consequently its track) was too short to avoid the collision. Even if the [XXX] had come to a complete stop before the actual impact the collision would most likely have happened but potentially at a slightly different position.