Framework for the Evaluation of a Holistic Fitness-to-Drive System for Commercial Drivers in the PANACEA Project

Book chapter, 2024

To support drivers in the future to be fit to drive a system that assess the physical, cognitive, and psychological Fitness-to-Drive of commercial drivers have been developed. In cases of impairment, a complementary cloud-based countermeasures and coaching tool deploy appropriate solutions targeting drivers, operators, and enforcement. The work to identify the use cases and relevant functions were done in the EU funded project PANACEA (Grant Agreement: 953426). To understand what such a “system of system” brings, an evaluation framework incorporating components from several previous frameworks was developed. The framework sets the plan for data collection, analysis, and reporting and is expected to be used in all studies included in the PANACEA project to achieve effective and systematic data collection to provide a solid evidence base for assessment of progress and impact over time. The new evaluation framework was developed by reviewing and combining components from commonly used frameworks in both the automotive and clinical research field, using the FESTA framework as the foundation.