The assessment of safe and unsafe turns by young and older drivers.

Author(s)
Andrea, D.J. Fildes, B.N. Triggs, T.J.
Year
Abstract

Older drivers appear to be over-involved in collisions with other vehicles while turning. A simulation experiment was performed to examine the ability of older driver to make right turn decisions. Active drivers aged between 24-37 and above 70 years made judgments on whether they would turn between oncoming traffic. Gap times between vehicles and the oncoming traffic speed were manipulated on computer generated graphic projections. Older drivers were far more conservative in their decisions to turn and in some conditions the decision to turn was delayed. They also appeared to rely more heavily than younger drivers on gap distance to determine whether to turn. This evidence suggests that some older drivers may use a different model for turn decisions based on motion perception abilities and information processing speed. (A) See also ITRD E200254.

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Library number
C 15346 (In: C 15331 S) /83 / IRRD E203526
Source

In: Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine AAAM, Barcelona (Sitges), Spain, September 20-21, 1999, p. 213-224, 18 ref.

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