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Precise knowledge of the current road conditions concerning water, sludge and ice would improve overall vehicle safety considerably. Furthermore it will improve the performance of several systems as ABS, anti skid (ASC) and vehicle dynamics control (VDC). For adaptive cruise control (ACQ it even might turn out to be crucial.

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Huth-Fehre, T.W., Kowol, F., Bläsner, M. (1998). Optical Detector System for Water, Sludge and Ice. In: Ricken, D.E., Gessner, W. (eds) Advanced Microsystems for Automotive Applications 98. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-39696-4_18

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