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Age-related declines occur in various functions that are critical for safe driving. Compensatory driving strategies such as limiting driving exposure or avoiding challenging traffic conditions can be effective for older drivers to use to mitigate potential impacts from age-related functional declines on crash risks. Using a structured interview and a cognitive task, the present study aimed to provide insights on how older drivers’ self-awareness of declines in cognitive and driving functions influences their adoption of compensatory strategies during driving. The findings of this study suggest: 1) older drivers may not have precise knowledge regarding their age-related functional declines and associated compensatory driving strategies, 2) older drivers are likely to self-regulate their driving to cope with increased risks, and 3) self-awareness of age-related functional declines in specific driving skills and performance, but not self-awareness of cognitive declines either in daily life or in the context of driving, may strongly influence adoption of compensatory driving behaviors among older drivers.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANB60 Standing Committee on Safe Mobility of Older Persons.

18-00360

English

19p

2018

Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; References; Tables

Aged drivers; Awareness; Behavior; Cognition; Cognitive impairment; Driver performance

Highways; Safety and Human Factors

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2018 Paper #18-00360

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 8 2018 10:06AM