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Shu-Chuan Yang, 2006.07
Feng Chia University - Graduate Institute of Traffic and Transportation Engineering and Management
The key elements of the traffic accidents are drivers, vehicles, roads and environment. The related researches show that the main factor for traffic accidents is the driver and mainly because of its negligence.
Digital Tachograph can serve as an equipment to enhance driving safety. Through Tachograph statistical analysis software, the inappropriate driving behaviors such as the driving time, number of driving time, driving mileage, overspeed, sudden acceleration, sudden braking, the abnormal driving such as deviation from the specified driving routes, too long parking time, parking and rest without turn off engine, and the vehicle periodic maintenance, highway toll, driving quality and safety, can be analyzed and evaluated to determine if the driving behavior of the driver is correct or not and preventive administrative measures can be taken as necessary. The analysis of the recording data is also good for vehicle maintenance, toll collection and statistics of parking locations. If there are traffic accidents, the analysis of the recording data is also helpful for the accident reconstruction and responsibility determination and this is the development trend for the tachograph. This study uses the abnormal recording data from the digital tachographs and the disjoint clustering of SAS software for the analysis. The data determined from the analysis were then provided to the vehicle or fleet owners to enhance the personnel management, performance determination of the drivers and so on. If the analysis reveals aggressive driving behavior, penalty and training are suggested to be provides to the drivers to correct their driving behavior. The goal of this study is to enhance the driving behavior and driving safety of the drivers and to minimize the traffic accidents.
This study finally uses the monitoring items and requirements from bus company A, taking reference from relevant researches and the technical information of the vehicles, and provides the management level with the recommendations of reference for future monitoring threshold so that the abnormal driving behavior can be determined more accurately and enhance the personnel management and improve the performance determination of the drivers for the fleet owners. |
