Patent ID: 7937202

Claim:
A method of controlling the behavior of the occupant of a vehicle with a resistive device and a control module and sensors to encourage compliance with desired operating conditions, and comprising the steps of; applying an operational input with an input device to establish an operational mode of the vehicle, sensing with a first sensor the operational mode of the vehicle, establishing an auxiliary mode of the vehicle, sensing with a second sensor the auxiliary mode of the vehicle, storing in the control module the number of times the operational mode exceeds a first predetermined threshold, storing in the control module the number of incidents of the operational mode exceeding the first predetermined threshold in the absence of the auxiliary mode, applying a resistance with the resistive device to the application of the operational input in response to the incident, and characterized by applying the resistance with the resistive device to the operational input in proportion to the number of incidents divided by the number of times the operational mode exceeds the first threshold.