Patent ID: 8258982
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: B60R,G08G

Abstract:
1. A safe driving evaluation system comprising: a traffic signal information acquisition unit that acquires traffic signal information that indicates a display status of a traffic signal present ahead in a traveling direction of a vehicle; a zone determination unit that determines the vehicle is within a prescribed stop supplement zone set up in front of a traffic signal installation point at which the traffic signal is installed; a red light determination unit that determines a red light encounter, which is a state where the vehicle is within the stop supplement zone and the traffic signal information indicates that the traffic signal is red; a stop supplement unit that performs a stop supplementary operation with respect to a driver in order to stop the vehicle at the traffic signal installation point, based on a driving operation of the vehicle during the red light encounter; and a percentage calculation unit that calculates a stop supplement percentage as a ratio of a stop supplement frequency, which is a number of times the stop supplementary operation is performed, to a red light encounter frequency, which is the number of times the vehicle has the red light encounter.