Traffic system comprising steerable vehicles adapted for use as tracked vehicles and track-defining roads

摘要

A system for transversely guidable vehicles comprises supporting arms 7, 8 and guide rollers 9, 10 which are mounted on these arms and which, when projecting sideways in the track lane 3, cooperate with guide surfaces 11, 14 bordering the road side. Since the transverse guidance arrangement on the driver's side is exposed to considerably less danger of being damaged than the arrangement on the right-hand side which is remote from the driver, only the right-hand guide roller needs to have a retractable design. A rigidly mounted left-hand guide roller 9 is advantageous when filtering into a track section. First, with the rigidly mounted guide roller 9 on the driver's side, the vehicle is driven up to the left-hand guide edge 11, which is extended forward on one side, and is guided on one side along this edge until the beginning of the right-hand guide edge 14 when the steering is turned, for example. By virtue of being guided on one side, the vehicle is in a specified transverse position before entering the track where it is guided on both sides, and therefore a road sensor 17 attached to the underside of the vehicle for extending the right-hand transverse guiding arrangement is operated reliably by a ramp-shaped control cam 13 on the road surface without special attention being required by the driver to adjust the guide rollers 9, 10. At the end of the track section 3 the transverse guiding arrangement is automatically retracted in an appropriate manner. IMAGE