Patent ID: 6931309

Claim:
A method for rating driver behavior and operating performance utilizing recorded time related data of motor vehicle operation comprising: a. electronically recording time marked data at regular periodic intervals comprising engine start; ii. vehicle speed; iii. engine stop; b. uploading the data to a CPU; c. determining an excess speed event by the steps comprising i. determining a first time marked data point recording speed in excess of selected limits; ii. determining any sequentially recorded data points of speed in excess of selected limits to determine a time duration of the excess speed event; iii. evaluating the amount of excess speed for each sequentially recorded data point; iv. evaluating the speed event based upon the time duration and the amount of the speed in excess of the limit; d. repeating step c for each next non-sequential data point to determine a separate excess speed event; e. determining the duration of the trip; f. evaluating the excess speed events in relation to the trip duration; and g. recording the evaluation of the speed events, the trip duration and trip identifier.