Synthesis of Human Factors Research on Older Drivers and Highway Safety – Volume I: Driver Research Synthesis
This research produced a handbook containing highway design and operational recommendations to accommodate older drivers.
Driver Education
Stressed Older Drivers Are Three Times More Likely To Brake Than Calm Drivers
A new study examines how stress affects decision-making and finds that older adults alter their behavior more than young adults when under stress -- particularly in situations involving risk.
Straight Talk for Mature Drivers – Good Vision…Vital to Good Driving
AAA’s discusses how good vision is vital for seniors and safe driving in this online brochure. Vision can be affected in many ways due to aging.
Still Driving? Innovative Program Assesses Senior Drivers
Boston Magazine details DriveWise, an innovative program that assesses senior drivers.
Sensitivity and Specificity of the Assessment of Driving-related Skills Older Driving Screening Tool
The Assessment of Driving-related Skills (ADReS) was created to assist physicians in making decisions regarding their patients’ safe driving ability.
Seniors’ and Physicians’ Attitudes Toward Using Driving Simulators in Clinical Settings
This paper weighs whether potential clients and physicians would use driving simulators in order to assess a driver’s safety knowledge behind the wheel.
Seniors Driving Research by MIT AgeLab and The Hartford
Newscaster Conn Jackson speaks with MIT AgeLab’s Dr. Liza D’Ambrosio and The Hartford’s Jodi Olshevski about the latest research on senior driving.
Senior Pedestrian Safety
The Pinehurst Seattle website lists several tips for senior pedestrians.
Senior Drivers Aren’t Unsafe Drivers
The article follows up with information on a new study that “found that drivers aged 65 and older are only about 16 percent likelier to cause a crash than drivers aged 25 to 64.”
Self-perceptions and Current Practices of High-risk Older Drivers: Implications for Driver Safety Interventions
Comfort Keepers Senior Care Durham & Chapel Hill discusses safe driving for seniors in their video.