Patent ID: 8323025

Claim:
A method of automatically evaluating driving capabilities of a user using a computer system in a simulated environment, the method comprising the steps of: providing a driving route, selected from a plurality of driving routes, based on a demography associated with the user, wherein the selected driving route includes a plurality of predetermined driving tasks and a predetermined frequency at which the plurality of driving tasks occur; displaying the selected driving route; observing simulated driving performance of the user on the selected driving route for a predetermined time period, wherein the driving performance comprises the user's decisions in response to the plurality of driving tasks presented in the selected driving route, and wherein the predetermined time period is based on the demography associated with the user; comparing the user's decisions to a required decision for one or more of the plurality of driving tasks presented in the selected driving route; recording performance errors made by the user while performing the simulated drive, wherein the performance errors are grouped into types; and comparing the performance errors to at least one threshold value for one or more of the types of performance errors to determine fitness to drive based on the performance errors.