Patent ID: 8598977

Claim:
A method for monitoring and controlling driver performance, in a controlled driving environment comprising: generating and storing a record for each registered driver in a database associated with a server computer; receiving a signal at the server computer from a vehicle controller to determine a driver's performance level and driving time balance from the stored driver record; activating a vehicle for at least an amount of time exceeding a preset threshold value based on the driving time balance; dynamically setting a speed level and a safety level for the vehicle based on the driver's performance level in the driving environment; monitoring the driver's performance in the controlled driving environment and determining each driving violation that occurs; assigning violation points to the driver based on each driving violation and adding the violation points to the driver record stored in the database; setting the speed level to a value less than a threshold speed level if the violation points stored for the driver exceeds a violation points threshold; and activating a blind spot vision system in the vehicle automatically when the vehicle is activated by the vehicle controller.