A methodology on the automatic recognition of poor lane keeping

Poor driving behaviors, such as having difficulty staying in a lane, abrupt lane changes, or driving on the shoulder are typical consequences of many dangerous driving circumstances, and can be grouped under the heading of lateral discipline of driving. Recognition of these situations is largely observational and seen and examined by police at high costs. This paper provides a theoretical description of an automatic detection system to recognize irregular lateral vehicle movements resulting from various forms of dangerous driving. It is based on establishing certain threshold values for normal driving (lateral) patterns and by checking given traffic instances against these criteria. The system described is thought to offer substantial time and money savings to the responsible authorities, after having applied and validated the system in practice as part of ongoing research.