DRIVING IN A SIMULATOR AND LOWER LIMB MOVEMENT VARIABILITY IN ELDERLY PERSONS: CAN WE INFER SOMETHING ABOUT PEDAL ERRORS

This experiment aimed to compare the driving behavior of elderly persons with that of young adults when facing normal driving simulator situations. It was hyppothesized that, when stopping at an intersection, elderly individuals would show more variable pedal movements than young adults. Across intersections, it was expected that elderly drivers would show pedal movements characterized with hesitation when moving from the accelerator to the brake pedal and by less constant temporal and spatial right foot movements than young drivers. The results demonstrated that older driver right foot movements are more variable than that of young drivers. More research is needed to determine if there is a direct relationship between this lower limb movement variability, and serious pedal errors.

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  University Roma Tre

  Department of Sciences of Civil Engineering
  via Vito Volterra, 62
  Rome,   Italy  00146
• Authors:
  • Cantin, V
  • Blouin, J
  • Simoneau, M
  • Teasdale, N
• Publication Date: 2004-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 39-46
• Serial:
  • Advances in Transportation Studies
  • Publisher: University Roma Tre
  • ISSN: 1824-5463
  • Serial URL: http://www.atsinternationaljournal.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged drivers; Driving simulators; Human error; Intersections; Lower extremities; Pedals; Young adults
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00986754
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 11 2005 12:00AM