The Older Adult Driver
Knowing a senior driver’s driving history, medication, possible medical and physiological issues are all topics that are covered, as well as, additional measures that should be taken to prevent injury while driving.
Knowing a senior driver’s driving history, medication, possible medical and physiological issues are all topics that are covered, as well as, additional measures that should be taken to prevent injury while driving.
NHTSA’s Technical Report on the long-term effect of ABS in passenger cars and LTVs.
In this paper we provide a global description in quantitative terms, of the developments in road safety research from the early 1900’s until 2010.
This brief paper describes the contents of the special issue and offers links to the specific content developed by AOTA/NHSTA that can be accessed free from the AOTA Older Drivers website.
In 2005, Psychiatric Times covered senior drivers on their website and the affect that prohibiting the elderly from driving can have on them.
NHTSA’s Technical Report on the effectiveness of amber rear turn signals for reducing rear impacts.
Edmunds.com gives information on its website on how to determine a senior’s driving ability.
This chapter covers older drivers’ transportation needs and driving patterns.
This AAA Foundation research report studied older adult walking speeds and investigated re-timing pedestrian signals to better facilitate safe street crossing without causing undue traffic delay.
New York, New York and Connecticut give statistics on Tri-State Pedestrian Fatalities from 2008-2010 and give information on the most dangerous places and counties for older pedestrians to walk.