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Extracting driving characteristics from heavy goods vehicle tachograph charts

Extracting driving characteristics from heavy goods vehicle tachograph charts
Extracting driving characteristics from heavy goods vehicle tachograph charts
European Union regulations require haulage companies of member states like the UK to keep records of their drivers' hours of work. All heavy goods vehicles (HGV's) over 7.5 tonnes are fitted with tachographs which record a driver's operating activities (periods of driving, other work and rest). These records are etched onto a laminated chart by various styli, one of which records the vehicle's speed. This paper describes the development and testing of a new technique for extracting individual driving characteristics from the speed trace of an HGV tachograph chart to calculate four parameters: distance travelled, average speed, time travelled and speed variability.

The average speed, time travelled and speed variability were analysed statistically using one-way analysis of variance tests. Speed variability was found to be particularly useful for identifying differences between individual driver's behaviour. Once differences in behaviours can be identified it may be possible to link certain driving habits to factors such as component wear, accident rates and excessive fuel usage.
tachograph, driver characteristics, heavy goods vehicle, speed variability
0308-1060
349-363
Cherrett, Tom
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Pitfield, David
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Cherrett, Tom
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Pitfield, David
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Cherrett, Tom and Pitfield, David (2001) Extracting driving characteristics from heavy goods vehicle tachograph charts. Transportation Planning and Technology, 24 (4), 349-363. (doi:10.1080/03081060108717673).

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Abstract

European Union regulations require haulage companies of member states like the UK to keep records of their drivers' hours of work. All heavy goods vehicles (HGV's) over 7.5 tonnes are fitted with tachographs which record a driver's operating activities (periods of driving, other work and rest). These records are etched onto a laminated chart by various styli, one of which records the vehicle's speed. This paper describes the development and testing of a new technique for extracting individual driving characteristics from the speed trace of an HGV tachograph chart to calculate four parameters: distance travelled, average speed, time travelled and speed variability.

The average speed, time travelled and speed variability were analysed statistically using one-way analysis of variance tests. Speed variability was found to be particularly useful for identifying differences between individual driver's behaviour. Once differences in behaviours can be identified it may be possible to link certain driving habits to factors such as component wear, accident rates and excessive fuel usage.

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Published date: 2001
Additional Information: Cherrett T. J., Pitfield D., (2001). "Extracting driving characteristics from heavy goods vehicle tachograph charts" Transport and Planning Technology, paper 669
Keywords: tachograph, driver characteristics, heavy goods vehicle, speed variability
Organisations: Civil Engineering & the Environment

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Local EPrints ID: 184919
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/184919
ISSN: 0308-1060
PURE UUID: 8c367a20-35f8-494d-a480-4d9b7bdcf0f2
ORCID for Tom Cherrett: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0394-5459

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Date deposited: 06 Jun 2011 10:28
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:48

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Author: Tom Cherrett ORCID iD
Author: David Pitfield

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