REDUCING THE PROBLEMS OF NIGHTTIME DRIVING FOR OLDER INDIVIDUALS

Older persons often give up or greatly reduce driving during the hours of darkness. The reason for this is apparently age-related changes in vision that are most noticeable under conditions of low illumination. This paper reviews research that shows how the nighttime visual performance of older drivers can be aided. Improvements discussed involve the detection and legibility of highway signs and the detection and identification of potential hazards such as large trucks.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • International Congress & Exposition, Detroit, Michigan, February 24-28, 1992.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

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• Authors:
  • Olson, P L
• Publication Date: 1992

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 5 p.
• Serial:
  • SAE Technical Paper
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 0148-7191
  • EISSN: 2688-3627
  • Serial URL: http://papers.sae.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged drivers; Aging (Biology); Automobile driving; Detection and identification; Detectors; Drivers; Hazards; Identification systems; Improvements; Legibility; Night; Traffic signs; Visibility; Vision; Vision disorders
• Uncontrolled Terms: Identification; Night driving
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver vision
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00629042
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE Paper 920616
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 12 1993 12:00AM