Understanding drivers wellbeing: Quantitative study analysis and wearable experiment

Abstract

Driver’s wellbeing has a positive impact on driving behavior and experience. Another way, driver’s wellbeing depends on their daily lifestyle, demography, traffic and road conditions. Poor conditions in such factors are responsible for low wellbeing. These factors also initiate driving stress. A simple technology approach can play an important role to monitor driver’s wellbeing, and help to provide better ways of increasing self-awareness regarding wellbeing. Here, we conducted a quantitative study on 88 drivers, and finally present a low cost wearable approach to support the drivers in the context of Bangladesh for better wellbeing.