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Title:

Differences Between Older Female and Male Drivers in Response to Safety Interventions

Accession Number:

01122479

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 USA
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Abstract:

This paper reports on a study of the differential impacts of a variety of older driver safety interventions on women and men. The interventions included an in-class training session, an interview with a physician, and a self-assessment instrument. Older drivers in Tucson, AZ were interviewed before the intervention on their driving behavior and daily travel and then again one year after the intervention. The study found that the interventions had little impact on most older drivers but that there were important differences by sex. Women were less likely to engage in self-regulation, less likely to use alternatives to the car, and less likely to reduce their driving. This may be because the interventions were not appropriately targeted, or because the interventions actually made women more confident in their driving, or because women were forced to drive more because they lived alone and lacked other mobility options.

Monograph Accession #:

01120148

Report Numbers:

09-3750

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 USA

Authors:

Rosenbloom, Sandra

University of Arizona, Tucson

Pagination:

23p

Publication Date:

2009

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 88th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC
Date: 2009-1-11 to 2009-1-15
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

References; Tables (4)

Geographic Terms:

Tucson (Arizona)

Subject Areas:

Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2009 Paper #09-3750

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Last Modified:

Feb 20 2009 7:43AM