摘要: |
Novice teen drivers have exceptionally high rates of crash involvement. Despite efforts in driver training, graduated licensing, enforcement, and safety education, novice teen drivers still have per-mile crash rates several times higher than mature drivers. Recent advances in technology now make feasible another means of addressing this problem--the use of in-vehicle technology to sense and respond to driver behavior. Sensing and communications technology permit real time feedback to drivers, alerts to parents, summary reports on performance, coaching to correct driving errors, real time vehicle adaptation to current conditions, and the integration of driver actions into programs that provide positive or negative consequences. Since thesetechnologies have only recently become feasible for consumer use, there is little research or real-world experience that suggests how effective they are or what features are most effective. Some of the earliest implementations of driver monitoring devices were in vehicle fleets, where fuel efficiency and vehicle location tracking were often the primary purposes of monitoring. |