Cool ITS application in Driving Assessment - contest voting ends Mon., Aug. 20th

[Nahom Beyene]

Dear ITS committee members,

I would like to share my perspective on how ITS can transform driver
safety, and I welcome your comments for discussion.
A brief explanation is that driving evaluation takes place today with
pen and paper documentation and a checklist format for scoring.
ITS in the categories of collision avoidance and driver assistance
could possibly do the same automatically to better inform driver
licensing decisions.
Better yet, the criteria for licensing could then be linked to actual
measures of crash involvement risk, because ITS development was based
on surrogate measures for crash safety.

Please share your thoughts and questions, but do me ONE favor!
I have created a 2 minute audio recording that presents the case for
intelligent vehicles in driving assessment for an amazing contest.
I need your help to win this competition before Monday, Aug. 20th!
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Take a moment to be inspired and entertained. I think you’ll like it!

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Thank you,
Nahom Beyene
Human Engineering Research Laboratories
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Rehabilitation Science and
Technology
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
University of Pittsburgh

NSF Quality of Life Technologies Engineering Research Center
Safe Driving Project – DriveCap Team