Pavement cross-slope is measured at highway speeds by mounting a
ring-laser gyroscope on a vehicle and measuring deviation of the
transverse slope of the vehicle. Precise laser distance measuring devices
are mounted transversely with respect to the vehicle at significantly
distant points to measure vehicle roll by measuring displacement of the
laser distance measuring units from the pavement. The difference between
at rest measurements of the laser distance measuring devices, the dynamic
measurements produced by those devices and the relation of the dynamic
measurement to the distance between the measurements provides the exact
value of vehicle roll with respect to the pavement. That exact value of
vehicle roll is compared with the ring gyro angular measurement to
produce a precise measurement of pavement slope. A positional device is
mounted on the vehicle for determining the position of the vehicle on the
roadway. A computer is mounted on the vehicle and a recording device is
mounted on the vehicle to record the precise slope of the roadway at the
precise position on the pavement being measured.