APPLICATION OF INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS TO ENHANCE VEHICLE SAFETY FOR ELDERLY AND LESS ABLE TRAVELLERS
Elderly drivers have a high accident rate per kilometer driven, though not per person per year, and elderly pedestrians and transit users also have above average accident rates. The potential of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) to enhance vehicle safety for elderly and less able travellers is examined. For car drivers, Advanced Vehicle Control and Safety Systems (AVCSS) and Advanced Transportation Information Systems (ATIS) should make driving easier, less stressful and safer. Transit users should be helped by better information before and during travel and by smart cards. Pedestrians with visual impairments can be helped by hand-held guidance equipment and by talking signposts; road-crossing facilities can be improved to benefit everybody. For the covering abstract see IRRD E102514.
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Corporate Authors:
National Highway Safety Advisory Committee
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Suen, S L
- Mitchell, CGB
- Henderson, S
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Conference:
- 16th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles
- Location: Windsor Ontario, Canada
- Date: 1998-5-31 to 1998-6-4
- Publication Date: 1998-10
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 386-94
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Serial:
- Volume: 1
- Issue Number: DOTHS808759
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aged; Blindness; Drivers; Intelligent transportation systems; Passenger information systems; Pedestrians; Prevention; Public transit; Safety; Smart cards
- ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 2075: Blindness; 8531: Case study; 1772: Driver; 1746: Old people; 8786: Passenger information; 1733: Pedestrian; 744: Public transport; 1665: Safety; 290: Smart card
- Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00779244
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- Files: ITRD, USDOT
- Created Date: Dec 7 1999 12:00AM