Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems IVHS and the elderly driving.

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Nsour, S.A.
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Abstract

This study was conducted on two groups, 385 elderly people and 126 young people with the age of 65 as the dividing line. The purpose is to examine the driving tasks that elderly see as difficult and then explore the possibilities of using Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems (IVHS) to solve some of the driving problems faced by the elderly. The study showed that the tasks of driving at night, driving on two-lane highways at night, driving in rainy weather at night, and reading changeable message signs are the top most difficult tasks for elderly as compared with young drivers. About 25% of the elderly surveyed view reading changeable message signs as either difficult or very difficult. The most frequent suggestions by the elderly on improvements to the highway were those related to making signs more visible/readable, increasing sign-exit distance, and increasing sign illumination and reflection. About 52% of suggestions by the elderly on vehicle instrumentation centered on making the instrumentation more visible. The percentage of elderly in favor of electronic navigation maps is roughly 62% compared to 85% of the young. (A)

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981324 v2 ST (In: ST 981324)
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In: Traffic congestion and traffic safety in the 21st century : challenges, innovations, and opportunities : proceedings of the conference, Chicago, Illinois, June 8-11, 1997, p. 333-339, 5 ref.

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