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ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES OF OLDER DRIVERS
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00974942

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

Abstract:

The aging process affects the visual, auditory, and information-processing abilities, all of which in turn affect driving. The bulk of the literature on older drivers focuses on the negative changes in driver performance. Is there any hope for older drivers? Somewhat less attention has been given to what the driver does do. Here, there is more room for optimism about older drivers. Humans are by nature adaptive. Changes in physical, perceptual, and cognitive abilities are new conditions that everyone faces with time. Adaptive changes concern conscious and unconscious decisions made by older drivers in relation to driving and in response to conscious and unconscious awareness of declining functions and changing mobility needs.

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Monograph Accession #:

00974939

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Smiley, A

Pagination:

p. 36-43

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:

Figures (4) ; References (24)

Subject Areas:

Highways; 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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