Improved Driver Education

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Improved Driver Education

• May 05-05

Client Iowa Department of Transportation Advis
ors John Lamont Ralph Patterson III Max
Porter Duane Smith
Team Members Michael Cua EE
Muhamad Juhari EE Quang Nguyen CprE
Dustin Westphal EE/CprE
April 25th, 2005
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Project Overview

• The purpose of this project is to compose a
  report containing solutions to current problems
  concerning drivers educationThese solutions
  will be implemented by the IDOT or future senior
  design teams after further analysis is completed

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Outline

• Introductory material
• Project activities
• Resources and schedules
• Closing materials

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List of Definitions

• IDOT Iowa Department of Transportation
• PSM Problem and Solution Matrix
• IDE Improved Driver Education

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Acknowledgements

• Advisors
• John Lamont
• Ralph Patterson III
• Max Porter
• Duane Smith
• Client
• Mark Bortle, Iowa Department of Transportation

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Problem Definition

• There are 11 million crashes resulting in more
  than 5 million injuries and 40,000 deaths per
  year
• Accidents due to weather and hazardous driving
  conditions
• Accidents due to poor driving habits and
  distractions
• Accidents due to mechanical failure and negligence

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Proposed Solution

• Write a report for the IDOT detailing where
  information is lacking or not sufficient,
  including a set of solutions for known driving
  problems

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Operating Environment

• Public education programs, grades K-12
• Driver education
• Iowa Department of Transportation

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Intended Users

• Government personnel
• Drivers
• Non-drivers
• Drivers education

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Intended Uses

• Improve driver education
• Early childhood education
• High school drivers education
• Refresher courses
• International and foreigneducation
• Bring awareness to problems with current driving
  situation

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Assumptions

• Proposed solutions will be evaluated by the IDOT
• Different types of problems will require
  different types of solutions
• Team members are qualified to define problems and
  solutions

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Limitations

• Limited amount of information can be gained from
  statistical research
• Designs must meet federal and state guidelines
• Final implementation and testing are outside the
  projects scope

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Project Activities
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End Product

• Comprehensive list of leading causes of car
  accidents and fatalities
• Defined list of problems with current drivers
  education
• Proposed solutions to aid and improve driver
  education and testing

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End Product (Cont.)

• Examples of proposed solutions
• Awareness week
• Bad weather alert system
• Cell phone law
• Driver information database
• Elder driver restrictions
• Safe driving video games
• Vehicle enhancements

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Present Accomplishments

• Completed required senior design deliverables
• Designed research and proposal templates
• Composed list of problems (over 130) and
  solutions (over 80)
• Designed a problem and solution matrix
• Proposed 12 categorized project solutions

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Future Required Activities

• Processing feedback of the final report
• Submission of final product to client

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Approaches Considered and Used

• Considered
• Presentation for client
• Compose research documents
• Write a comprehensive report
• Used
• Comprehensive report Follows the senior design
  itinerary, and allows for the most information to
  be presented to the IDOT

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Project Definition

• The purpose of this project is to create
  solutions that will improve driver education by
• Creating devices that will help to eliminate or
  reduce accidents
• Providing enhanced refresher courses emphasizing
  current driving problems

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Research Activities

• First semester
• List of defined problems
• List of possible solutions to defined problems
• Matrix correlating problems and solutions

• Second semester
• Research on problems and solutions
• Revisal of problems and solutions matrix

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Design Activities

• First semester
• Designed outline of final report
• Designed research and proposal templates
• Second semester
• Designed final document

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Implementation Activities

• Analyze problems with the current driving system
• Define solutions and correlate them with problems
• Propose solutions for implementation by IDOT or
  future senior design teams

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Testing Modifications

• Advisors reviews and feedback
• IDOT testing and review

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Resources Schedules
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Task Definitions

• Task 1 Problem definition
• Task 2 Technology consideration
• Task 3 End-product design
• Task 4 End-product prototype
• Task 5 End-product testing
• Task 6 End-product documentation
• Task 7 End-product presentation
• Task 8 Project reporting

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Resource Requirements
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Other Resource Requirements
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Final Requirements
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Schedules
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Project Evaluation

• Submitted all required deliverables
• Tasks completed ahead of schedule or on time
• Through feedback from the advisors, the project
  was determined to be successful

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Commercialization

• This document will be distributed to the IDOT and
  to be used for non-profit, but hopefully will
  save lives!

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Closing Material
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Recommendations for Future Work

• Further research on topics
• Further testing and evaluation of proposed
  solutions
• Implementation of solutions

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Lessons Learned

• What went well
• Document organization
• Final product
• What didnt go well
• Document editing
• Technical knowledge gained
• Deriving lists of requirements
• Proposing solutions to problems

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Risk Risk Management

• Risks
• Loss of team member
• Loss of documentation
• Fall behind schedule

• Management
• Documentation!
• Members required to back-up documents
• Organization and meetings

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Closing Summary

• Revised current drivers education
• Created document defining problems with current
  driving system
• Proposed solutions to better educate people to
  improve safe driving
• Hopefully this report will be used to reduce the
  number of accidents and save lives

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Questions?