Predictors of older drivers' looking behaviour when negotiating intersections

The Driving Observation Schedule (eDOS) was developed for use in the Candrive/Ozcandrive five-year prospective study of older drivers to observe their driving behaviour. The aim of this study was to describe whether participants’ looking behaviour when turning at intersections during the eDOS driving task was related to factors such as age, cognitive ability and complexity of the driving environment. One hundred and fifty-five Ozcandrive participants (Male: 71.4%; Age: M = 80.86 years, SD = 3.60 years) completed a cognitive and functional ability assessment from the Year 2 Candrive/Ozcandrive protocol, as well as the eDOS driving task that commenced from the participant’s home and was conducted in their own vehicle on roads familiar to and chosen by them. Observations of participants’ looking and driving behaviours during the eDOS driving task were captured from two cameras that were installed in participants’ vehicle, which provided images of the driver and the forward road scene. For each turn at a four-way or T-intersection (n=981), participants’ looking behaviour was coded as appropriate (e.g. left, right, ahead) or inappropriate using video recordings that were retrospectively reviewed by an observer. Other variables related to the complexity of driving environment were also coded. At 58 percent of the intersections, participants showed appropriate looking behaviour. Generalized estimating equations revealed that looking behaviour was significantly more appropriate at non-signalised intersections, when traffic volume was low and marginally significant more appropriate when turning right.

• Record URL:
  http://acrs.org.au/publications/acrs-conference-papers/acrs-database/
• Authors:
  • Richter, N
  • Koppel, S
  • Charlton, J L
  • Schlag, B
  • Newstead, S V
  • Langford, J
  • Di Stefano, M
  • Macdonald, W
  • Vlahodimitrakou, Z
  • Mazer, B
  • Gelinas, I
  • Vrkljan, B
  • Eliasz, K
  • Marshall, S
• Conference:
  • Australasian Road Safety Conference, 1st, 2015, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
• Publication Date: 2015-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 4p
• Monograph Title: Taking action together: 1st Australasian Road Safety Conference (ARSC2015), 14-16 October, Gold Coast, Queensland

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Aged drivers; Behavior; Driver performance; Drivers; Field of vision; Intersections; Vision
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safe systems (road users)
• Geographic Terms: Australia; Canada
• ATRI Terms: Aged driver; Driver performance; Intersection; Visual field; Visual performance
• ITRD Terms: 455: Junction
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01591455
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 26 2016 9:26AM