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Title: IMPACT OF AGING DRIVER POPULATION AND IMPAIRED DRIVERS ON GEOMETRIC DESIGN
Accession Number: 00471894
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: Activities are reported which were designed to accomplish the following: (1) identify and review sources of information on the relationships between aging and impaired (by drugs and alcohol use) drivers and design and operational practices, and (2) identify geometric and traffic control elements most closely related to accidents involving aging or impaired drivers. A literature search was conducted which covered the following areas: (1) highway/traffic safety engineering, (2) medicine, (3) law, (4) human factors, and (5) gerontology. The more important studies are included here in an annotated bibliography. Two products were then synthesized: (1) a preliminary list, for highway and traffic engineers, of what is currently reported about accident countermeasures applicable to aging and impaired drivers; and (2) a summary of problem areas where research is needed relative to geometric and traffic control elements related to accidents involving aging or impaired drivers.
Supplemental Notes: Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
Report/Paper Numbers: HS-040 283
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Pagination: 41 p.
Publication Date: 1987-6
Serial: Media Type: Digital/other
TRT Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor
Files: HSL, TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Jul 31 1990 12:00AM
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