A device, method and computer program for detecting vehicle driving characteristics indicative of a tailgating situation is disclosed. The device comprises: monitoring circuitry for monitoring at least one signal indicative of at least one of vehicle acceleration, throttle data, brake data, engine load, engine rotational speed and vehicle speed; analysing circuitry operable to determine a frequency of changes in the at least one monitored signal and to generate a signal indicative of the vehicle being in a tailgating situation in response to determining the frequency of changes reaching or exceeding at least one threshold value.


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    Title :

    Detection of tailgating situations


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2019-06-19


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    G07C TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS , Zeit- oder Anwesenheitskontrollgeräte / G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS



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