This is an update on the Horizon2020-funded PANACEA project looking at fitness to drive among professional drivers.

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PANACEA
Practical and effective tools to
monitor and assess commercial
drivers' fitness to drive
Dr Anna Anund, VTI or
Jenny Carson, ETSC
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 953426

2. Overall project presentation
▪ The professional driver situation is very complex.
▪ Strategic, tactical and operational perspective
needs to be regarded.
▪ Not only about the driver and his/her
preparations before shift. It is also about
operators, vehicles, knowledge and just culture.
▪ No chain is stronger than the weakest link.

3. PANACEA - SENSORS
3
Fatigue prediction
using 3P model by VTI
Stress and countermeasure
by AIT
Alcohol: wall, in car and at
roadside (Police)
By SENSEAIR
Drug testing by Leitat
Fatigue and inattention
detection by Datik and ViF
BACtrack Skyn
Mindthought system - DBL Fatigue glasses by Optale
GSR sensor

4. Platform specification – HW System
architecture – IoT application layers….

5. Countermeasures aimed at the driver
Fatigue Report
Tactical
• Provide driver with incite on
their daily fatigue levels
Fatigue Questionnaire
Strategic
• Help driver to assess
and contextualise their
fatigue and raise
concerns with operator
Stress Management
Operational
• To inform the driver
about critical stress levels
and help them reduce
stress

6. Countermeasures aimed at operator
Fatigue Debriefing
Strategic
• Provide information to
help coach drivers in
sleep and fatigue
Fatigue Alert
Operational
• Inform operator about
driver’s current fatigue
state and notify them if
reach a critical level
Licit drug debriefing
Operational/Strategic
Inform operator of driver
positive test
Support operator in
conducting debriefing /
managing drug use

7. Results – first version of app for interaction
with drivers

8. 3 Use Cases
+ 1 for transferability to other domains
▪ Shuttle and city bus drivers, Linköping,
Sweden​ (UCA)
▪ Taxi drivers and Courier service riders,
Thessaloniki, Greece​ (UCB)
▪ Electric truck and coach drivers, San
Sebastian, Spain (UCC)
▪ Transferability to other transportation
modes (UCD)

9. Mid- to long-term impact
▪ Develop and evaluate an effective strategic, tactical, and operational cloud-based
coaching & supporting solution for commercial drivers combating driver impairment
▪ Create a new paradigm in Fitness to Drive (Fitness to Drive 2.0), considering new
technologies and commercial vehicles’ varying automation levels
▪ Provide policy and legislative recommendations and updates of existing standards
for health and safety provision in commercial transportation
▪ Assess the safety, socioeconomic and Quality of Life (QoL) impacts of the PANACEA
solution and relevant monitoring, assessment and coaching solutions and policies
Europe-wide

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More information
panacea-project.eu
@EUPanacea
linkedin.com/groups/13989021