System and method for determining the information transfer rate between a driver and vehicle

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable code for determining an information transfer for a vehicle, the code when executed performs the steps comprising:

• measuring driver information;
• measuring vehicle information;
• calculating the information transfer rate using the driver information and the vehicle information;
• retrieving a baseline information transfer rate for maintaining control of the vehicle;
• and
• calculating a driver safety factor using the information transfer rate and the baseline information transfer rate.

An information transfer rate system for a vehicle, the system comprising:

• a computer processor;
• and
• a computer readable storage medium storing executable code when executed by the computer processor performs the steps comprising:
• measuring driver information from a driver information sensing device, wherein the driver information includes steering information;
• measuring vehicle information from a vehicle information sensing device, wherein the vehicle information includes acceleration information;
• calculating an information transfer rate using the driver information and the vehicle information, wherein the information transfer rate is calculated using an information transfer rate module of the information transfer rate system;
• retrieving a baseline information transfer rate for maintaining control of the vehicle from the information transfer rate system;
• and
• calculating a driver safety factor using the information transfer rate and the baseline information transfer rate, wherein the driver safety factor is calculated using a driver safety factor module of the information transfer rate system.