Aging Factors that Affect the Driving Task

The literature reviewed in this paper describes how the aging driver emerges as a person who initially begins to experience difficulty with vision and hearing, then gradually a slowing down in his decision-making capabilities. While these general observations can be made, it is difficult to avoid drawing the conclusion that studies correlating know aging deficiencies with the driving task are scanty and that makes it extremely difficult to propose changes in the vehicle, road, or environment that would have a predictive or direct benefit.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transport Canada

  1000 Sherbrooke Street, West, P.O. Box 549
  Montreal, Quebec  Canada  H3A 2R3
• Authors:
  • Yanik, Anthony J
• 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: References;
• Pagination: pp 746-757
• 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; Decision making; Driver experience; Drivers; Hearing impaired persons; Hearing loss; Vision; Visually impaired persons
• Identifier Terms: Transed
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01051491
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 7 2007 3:39PM