Special Driving Needs: Definition, Market Size for Canada and the United States and Guidelines for Consumer Choice

This paper presents special driving needs and it is presented in two parts. The first part assesses the nature of driving-related disability and quantifies the number of driving-disabled persons in North America. The second part of the paper presents guidelines for the purchase of vehicles and adaptive driving aids by elderly and disabled persons.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transport Canada

  1000 Sherbrooke Street, West, P.O. Box 549
  Montreal, Quebec  Canada  H3A 2R3
• Authors:
  • Lewis, David
  • Smith, Barbara A
• Conference:
  • The Fourth International Conference on Mobility and Transport for the Elderly and Disabled Persons
  • Location: Vancouver British Columbia, Canada
  • Date: 1986-7-21 to 1986-7-23
• Publication Date: 1986

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 661-684
• Monograph Title: Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference, Vancouver, Canada, July 21-23, 1986

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Aged drivers; Consumers; Guidelines; Persons with disabilities; Special purpose automobiles; Special purpose vehicles
• Identifier Terms: Transed
• Uncontrolled Terms: Disabled passengers
• Geographic Terms: Canada; United States
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Vehicles and Equipment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01051470
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 14 2007 3:14PM