AOTA's Older Driver Safety Awareness Week, December 4–8, 2017, aims to promote understanding of the importance of mobility and transportation to ensuring older adults remain active in the community
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Older Driver Safety Awareness Week: Dec. 4-8, 2017 — National (12/08/2017)
Source: Nonprofit OrganizationDriving Simulator Training Is Associated with Reduced Inhibitory Workload in Older Drivers — National (07/04/2016)
Source: ExpertIn demanding cognitive tasks, older people mostly experience more problems than younger people, and their brain workload is higher.
Time-to-contact estimation errors among older drivers with useful field of view impairments — National (07/01/2016)
Source: ExpertThe objective of this study was to evaluate how UFOV impairments affect time-to-contact estimates in elderly drivers deciding when to make a left turn across oncoming traffic.
Can You Lengthen Your Life? — National (06/01/2016)
Source: ExpertResearchers Explore How To Stay Healthy Longer.
Does Attention Capacity Moderate the Effect of Driver Distraction in Older Drivers? — National (04/01/2015)
Source: ExpertWith age, a decline in attention capacity may occur and this may impact driving performance especially while distracted.
Trends in Older Driver Crash Involvement Rates and Survivability in the United States — National (11/01/2014)
Source: Nonprofit OrganizationThe current study examined if trends in crash rates, crash involvements, and survivability persisted into more recent years.
The History of Road Safety Research: A Quantitative Approach — National (07/14/2014)
Source: ExpertIn this paper we provide a global description in quantitative terms, of the developments in road safety research from the early 1900’s until 2010.
Driving Rehabilitation Programs for Older Drivers in the United States — National (06/27/2014)
Source: ExpertThis study describes various options for driving rehabilitation programs offered in the United States.
The Gaps and Pathways Project for Medically-at-Risk Older Drivers — National (04/22/2014)
Source: Nonprofit OrganizationThis brief paper describes the contents of the special issue and offers links to the specific content developed by AOTA/NHSTA that can be accessed free from the AOTA Older Drivers website.
Seniors’ and Physicians’ Attitudes Toward Using Driving Simulators in Clinical Settings — National (04/22/2014)
Source: ExpertThis paper weighs whether potential clients and physicians would use driving simulators in order to assess a driver’s safety knowledge behind the wheel.