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Title:

DRIVER CAPABILITIES
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Accession Number:

00974943

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309077451

Abstract:

Safe driving relies on key skills involving visual, cognitive, and physical capabilities. Impairments in these functional capabilities can occur at any age but are more prevalent in the older population. A large body of research over the past decade has demonstrated that certain functional impairments in older drivers elevate crash risk and have a negative impact on driving performance. A clear understanding about how diminished capabilities contribute to crash risk in older drivers would greatly facilitate society's efforts to develop strategies for reducing crash rates in this population and to enhance driving mobility. Certain medical conditions also affect driving in older adults (a) by engendering functional problems and (b) through the side-effects of the medications used in treatment. The role of medical factors is addressed in another paper in these proceedings. This paper addresses the major advances over the past decade in understanding how diminished capabilities in the older population affect driver safety and performance, and how these advances point toward research priorities for the future.

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Monograph Accession #:

00974939

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Owsley, C

Pagination:

p. 44-55

Publication Date:

2004

Serial:

Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings

Issue Number: 27
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 1073-1652

Conference:

Transportation in an Aging Society: A Decade of Experience

Location: Bethesda Maryland, United States
Date: 1999-11-7 to 1999-11-9
Sponsors: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; Federal Highway Administration; Federal Transit Administration; Office of the Secretary of Transportation; National Institute on Aging; National Center for Injury Prevention and Control; Eno Transportation Foundation; AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety; Beverly Foundation; Transportation Research Board

ISBN:

0309077451

Features:

References (116)

Subject Areas:

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

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jun 24 2004 12:00AM

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