Assessment

The challenge is in assigning limits to Telematics activities in a way that it will not interfere with safety, nor will it inconvenience a driver in a controllable driving situation. This is done by assessing the over all driving system and weighing it against known risks to the driver and to others.

The assessment is a two step approach. The first step define a specific activity and assesses its effect when carried out under driving condition. An event classified as a A Rank is an event that needs to be fully controlled and possibly altogether banned from usage while driving, while an event classified as a D Rank is an event that does not require any type of oversight.

	Device usage ranking Copyright © 1987-2005 CompanyLongName
	Categories	Rank
	Effect	A	B	C	D
1	Likely AND/OR Known to cause distraction AND accidents	X	?	?	?
2	Likely BUT NOT Known to cause distraction AND accidents	?	X	?	?
3	May Cause distraction or accident	?	?	X	?
4	NOT Likely AND NOT Known to cause Distraction AND Accident	?	?	?	X

The second step is more application specific then the first step. This step examines the functionality along with the type of vehicle, the type of application the vehicle is used for. An Item ranked as A is an Item that is required and sufficient intelligence should be applied in the design to allow the functionality without introducing risks associated with such functionality
Application usage ranking Copyright © 1987-2005 CompanyLongName
1-Clearly separating what’s:	1 a- Important for safe driving		Class A
		1a.1- Subject Vehicle	Class A-S
		1a.2- Other Vehicles	Class A-O
	2-a Important to drivers		Class B
	3-a “Nice to Have” for drivers		Class C
	4-a “Important/Nice to Have” for Passengers		Class D
2- Assuring driver intent			Class A
3: Simplicity			Class A
4: Accessibility			Class A
5: High Availability			Class A
6: Universality			Class B
7: Portability			Class B
8: Privacy			Class B
9: Cost			Class C

The Matrices will be used to Assess, (not measure or quantify), the type of work load that a Telematics activity can add to the driving task. Based on the assessment, the result will put the type of controls necessary on such Telematics devices so as to reduce the risk associated with such usage.

The control should aim to allow the driver (Depending on the Vehicle application), to use Telematics but under a more favorable driving conditions, e.g., not “zig zaging”, Not Driving over Known Speed limits, Not Racing etc.

If the driving system activity is border line in terms of known risk or suspected risk, that activity is pushed to the next highest criteria. This is not inconvenience to the user, because the user will still be able to use the said device by compromising on driving options.

Using STMC Gateway^TM, the system will evaluate these limits and decrease such limit if they are deemed to be too strict for the normal driving condition of the driver.