VISUAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SAFETY AND MOBILITY OF OLDER DRIVERS

Efforts to assess visual deterioration with increasing age, coupled with new mechanisms proposed to limit the exposure of visually impaired drivers to driving risks, have emerged in repsonse to the increase in older drivers. Visual functions discussed in this context include static acuity (photopic, mesopoic, and in the presence of glare), dynamic visual acuity, visual field, contrast sensitivity, and motion perception. Exposure control mechanisms discussed include alternative periodic vision testing strategies, visual training, and environmental and vehicular modifications to acommodate the older driver. Finally, relevant research needs are addressed.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Human Factors Society

  Johns Hopkins University Press
  Baltimore, MD  United States  21218
• Authors:
  • Shinar, D
  • Schieber, F
• Publication Date: 1991-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 507-519
• Serial:
  • Human Factors
  • Volume: 33
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0018-7208
  • EISSN: 1547-8181
  • Serial URL: http://hfs.sagepub.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Aged drivers; Drivers; Driving tests; Research; Traffic safety; Vision
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver age
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver vision; Vision characteristics
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00618308
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 31 1992 12:00AM