Apparatus and method for providing an advised driving speed

A method of determining a score indicative of the compliance of a driver of a vehicle to an advised driving speed during a journey on a road network, comprising:

• determining a first time indicative of the total driving time of the vehicle during the journey when an advised driving speed was provided to the driver of the vehicle, wherein an advised driving speed is provided to the driver of the vehicle when:
• (i) a current speed of the vehicle is greater than a first threshold value based on a determined advised driving speed;
• and (ii) a speed limit and/or an expected driving speed for the portion of the road network being traversed is greater than a second threshold value, wherein the second threshold value is a speed limit or expected speed for portions of the road network below which the indication of the advised driving speed is not to be displayed;
• determining a second time indicative of the driving time during the journey when the speed of the vehicle was less than a threshold based on the advised driving speed provided to the driver;
• determining the score indicative of the compliance of the driver to the advised driving speed based on the first and second times;
• and
• transmitting the determined score for display on a remote device.

An apparatus for providing an advised driving speed to a driver of a vehicle travelling on a road network, comprising at least one processor and a memory containing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:

• determine an advised driving speed of a vehicle for a portion of the road network currently being traversed;
• determine a current speed of the vehicle on the portion of the road network;
• determine a speed limit and/or an expected driving speed for the portion of the road network;
• and
• provide an indication of the advised driving speed to the driver of the vehicle when:
• (i) the current speed of the vehicle is greater than a first threshold value based on the advised driving speed;
• and (ii) the speed limit and/or the expected driving speed is greater than a second threshold value, wherein the second threshold value is a speed limit or expected speed for portions of the road network below which the indication of the advised driving speed is not to be displayed.

An apparatus for determining a score indicative of the compliance of a driver of a vehicle to an advised driving speed during a journey on a road network, comprising at least one processor and a memory containing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:

• determine a first time indicative of the total driving time of the vehicle during the journey when an advised driving speed was provided to the driver of the vehicle, wherein an advised driving speed is provided to the driver of the vehicle when:
• (i) a current speed of the vehicle is greater than a first threshold value based on a determined advised driving speed;
• and (ii) a speed limit and/or an expected driving speed for the portion of the road network being traversed is greater than a second threshold value, wherein the second threshold value is a speed limit or expected speed for portions of the road network below which the indication of the advised driving speed is not to be displayed;
• determine a second time indicative of the driving time during the journey when the speed of the vehicle was less than a threshold based on the advised driving speed provided to the driver;
• and
• determine the score indicative of the compliance of the driver to the advised driving speed based on the first and second times.