This paper aims at summarizing the recent development of using laboratory-based driving simulator to assess older adult drivers and discussing the clinically applications of the driving simulator to improve safety of this population group. Recently, Curtin University of Technology has successfully used driving simulator in studying performance of older adult populations. Interesting findings of the study had been presented in CAITR-2002, entitled “Assessing the driving performance of older adult drivers: on-road versus simulated driving". On-going research is being conducted: a prospective longitudinal study aimed to determine which simulated driving tasks of a PC-based driving simulator can be used to identify problematic older drivers, using three-year driver demerit points record as the outcome measure. The simulated driving tasks found to be significantly associated with the incidence of traffic offences were working memory and use of indicator. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E211903.
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