Rules and reality: a systematic approach to driver monitoring

Abstract

A systematic research approach to the online-identification of hazardous and inefficient driving behavior is presented. The overall aim of our efforts is to build up technically utilizable knowledge to reduce the amount of fuel wasted by driving style and the number of accidents happening. Online-identification of unsafe driving patterns combined with their analysis enables a straightforward development strategy for new driver assistance functions. To this aim a target driver-behavior (~ target-strategy) is modeled considering the overall requirements of sustainable mobility. This target-strategy is compared to actual driving behavior measured in our test vehicle ViewCar in different traffic situations. The results of this comparison are used to develop hypotheses about the eliciting factors for deviations from the target-strategy which will be evaluated in further test series with our test vehicle.