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An adaptive and rule based driving system for energy-e cient and safe driving behaviour
Falta palabras claveSaving energy and protecting the environment became fundamental for
society and politics, why several laws were enacted to increase the energye
ciency. Furthermore, the growing number of vehicles and drivers leaded
to more accidents and fatalities on the roads, why road safety became an
important factor as well. Due to the increasing importance of energye
ciency and safety, car manufacturers started to optimise the vehicle in
terms of energy-e ciency and safety. However, energy-e ciency and road
safety can be also increased by adapting the driving behaviour to the given
driving situation. This thesis presents a concept of an adaptive and rule
based driving system that tries to educate the driver in energy-e cient
and safe driving by showing recommendations on time. Unlike existing
driving systems, the presented driving system considers energy-e ciency
and safety relevant driving rules, the individual driving behaviour and
the driver condition. This allows to avoid the distraction of the driver
and to increase the acceptance of the driving system, while improving the
driving behaviour in terms of energy-e ciency and safety. A prototype of
the driving system was developed and evaluated. The evaluation was done
on a driving simulator using 42 test drivers, who tested the e_ect of the
driving system on the driving behaviour and the e_ect of the adaptiveness
of the driving system on the user acceptance. It has been proven during
the evaluation that the energy-e ciency and safety can be increased, when
the driving system was used. Furthermore, it has been proven that the
user acceptance of the driving system increases when the adaptive feature
was turned on. A high user acceptance of the driving system allows a
steady usage of the driving system and, thus, a steady improvement of
the driving behaviour in terms of energy-e ciency and safety