System & Method For Driver Training In A Controlled Driving Environment

A system for monitoring and controlling driver performance in a controlled driving environment comprising:

• at least one server computer and a wireless transceiver associated with the at least one server computer, the computer being configured to control operation of a vehicle in a driving environment via the wireless transceiver;
• at least one storage device for storing driver records for each driver registered with the server computer;
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• an embedded mobile client in the vehicle, the embedded mobile client including a microprocessor having monitoring and control firmware embedded in a memory,
• a wireless transceiver configured to communicate with the server computer,
• a speed controller device connected to the microprocessor and configured to automatically control a speed of the vehicle during operation in the driving environment,
• a portable information device reader configured to receive driver information stored on a portable information device provided to each registered driver in order to activate the vehicle via a signal from the microprocessor, and
• a touch screen user interface configured to display a driving time remaining, an accumulated violation points, and a safety level for the driver.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium for monitoring and controlling driver performance in a controlled driving environment when executed on a computing system, the computer readable storage medium having computer readable code embedded therein, the computer readable storage medium comprising:

• program instructions for generating and storing a record for each registered driver in a database associated with a server computer;
• program instructions for processing a query from a vehicle controller to determine a driver's performance level and driving time balance from the stored driver record;
• program instructions for generating a signal to activate a vehicle for at least an amount of time exceeding a preset threshold value based on the driving time balance;
• program instructions for generating a signal to dynamically set a speed level and a safety level for the vehicle based on the driver's performance level in the driving environment;
• program instructions for processing monitoring information on the driver's performance in the controlled driving environment;
• program instructions for assigning violation points to the driver based on each driving violation and adding the violation points to the driver record stored in the database;
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• program instructions for generating a signal to set the speed level to a value less than a threshold speed level if the violation points stored for the driver exceed a violation points threshold.