Training for Healthy Older Drivers [Traffic Tech]

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Aged drivers
  • Driver education
  • Driver improvement programs
  • Driver performance
  • Driver rehabilitation
  • Driver training
  • Driving simulators
  • Visual perception
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT HS 811 771
• Series:
  NHTSA BSR Traffic Tech
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1525851
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; South Carolina
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  The research described in this edition of "Traffic Tech" examined the effectiveness of four types of training techniques designed to improve the driving performance of normally aging adults. Each technique is suitable for a broad cross-section of the healthy older driver population. The study did not include training programs designed specifically for an individualized rehabilitation regime. For example, the study did not include a customized rehabilitation regime tailored to meet the needs of a driver following a stroke. The research team measured training effectiveness by comparing the on-road performance of drivers 65 and older in each treatment group with that of a control group (that received a neutral intervention) before and immediately after training, and again after a 3-month delay. Thus, study results reflected planned comparisons between each treatment group and the control group, but did not compare treatment groups to one another.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/2032/dot_2032_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 637.52 KB]
• Collection(s):
  NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Research
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:214155173f8961d1b07fbdda34de02f3f00aedc79679f78d8859e782f4d04d58