THE OLDER DRIVER AND NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS

Reduction in attention resources, cognition, and perception makes navigating an automobile more difficult as people age. Since mobility is important to maintain quality of life, older drivers compensate for effects of aging by avoiding difficult, dangerous, and stressful situations and possibly by copiloting, that is, sharing piloting and navigation tasks with a passenger. This study examined navigation and copiloting of older people, with and without ITS in-vehicle navigation systems, and explored their need for special training for the navigation units. Group interviews of 18 drivers over age 64, who had substantial experience with two ITS in-vehicle navigation systems tested in the FAST-TRAC ITS deployment project were conducted.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute

  2901 Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109-2150

  Oakland County, Michigan

  Road Commission, 31001 Lahser Road
  Beverly Hills, MI  United States  48025
• Authors:
  • Kostyniuk, L P
  • Streff, F M
  • Eby, D W
• Publication Date: 1997-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 31 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Aged drivers; Attention lapses; Driver performance; Drivers; Intelligent transportation systems; Navigation systems; Navigational aids; Personnel performance; Quality of life; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver age
• Old TRIS Terms: Copiloting; In-vehicle navigation systems
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00746597
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTRI-97-47,, HS-042 595,, Final Report
• Files: HSL, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 25 1998 12:00AM