Testing and Evaluation of Truck-Based Fuel Monitoring and Operations Management Systems

This project used a combination of Volvo link and Green Roads technologies to explore whether fuel-efficient driving is correlated with safe driving. Volvo link tracked fuel consumption as a function of time and distance traveled. Green Roads technology tracked sudden accelerations, decelerations, and other jerky movements as a proxy for unsafe driving.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Program Information: Produce Safer Drivers

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $471992.00
• Sponsor Organizations:

  Department of Transportation

  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC    20590
• Project Managers:

  Kwan, Quon

• Performing Organizations:

  KLS Engineering

  45155 Research Place, Suite 200
  Ashburn, VA  United States  20147
• Principal Investigators:

  Boodlal, Leverson

• Start Date: 20090928
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20111231
• Source Data: RiP Project 30683

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver monitoring; Evaluation and assessment; Fuel consumption; High risk drivers; Monitoring
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fuel efficiency; Safe driving
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01467635
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
• Files: RiP, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 3:36PM