Abnormal driving detection using real time Global Positioning System data

Driving speed and vehicle movement are important factors in road safety. Abnormal driver generally drives above speed limit, changes speed suddenly or changes vehicle lateral position incessantly. One approach to tackling this problem is to develop automated instrument for detecting abnormal drivers. Global Position System (GPS) provides special features which can be utilized for this application as it could supplies location, time, and speed simultaneously. In-vehicle transponders send real time GPS data via radio frequency to a Monitoring Station for processing, and from detection algorithm, abnormal situation will be detected automatically. The normal speed parameter and lateral position changing obtained from our previous study can be used as threshold value in detection algorithm. If the driver behavior is evidently different from normal driving, then abnormal driving is recognized. Experiments and simulated data were used to verify the effectiveness of the detection algorithm.