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A full-scale articulated bus was employed in this work and tested under real operating conditions. In its foreseen exploitation use, the vehicle will, under certain conditions, be automatically guided (to cross bridges and tunnels and to approach and stop at bus stops). A series of tests was conducted on a bridge under different transverse wind conditions. It is important to note that the deviation measured by the laser system includes both the inherent deviations of the optical guidance system (OGS) and those induced by wind. It was observed that, despite trajectory variability, when measured at high spatial resolution (\u00b11 mm) during the approach phase upstream of the test zone, the optical guidance system corrected deviations from the ideal trajectory within a short time interval and over a short distance. The system\u2019s response shows reasonable agreement with the manufacturer\u2019s results reported in the OGS study. The results also show some degree of dispersion, given multiple sources of uncertainty inherent to full-scale testing under real operating conditions. 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