Validity and usability of a safe driving behaviors measure for older adults : strategy for congestion mitigation.

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• Creators:
  Classen, Sherrilene
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Florida. Center for Multimodal Solutions for Congestion Mitigation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Accident Rates Aged Drivers Behavior Evaluation And Assessment Traffic Congestion Traffic Mitigation Traffic Safety
• Publication/ Report Number:
  CMS # 2010-012
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Florida. Center for Multimodal Solutions for Congestion Mitigation
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Accidents ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway Safety ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human Factors
• Abstract:
  Statistics project that crash/injury/fatality rates of older drivers will increase with the future growth of
  
  this population. Accurate and precise measurement of older driver behaviors becomes imperative to
  
  curtail these crash trends and resulting congestion. The Comprehensive Driving Evaluation (gold
  
  standard test) is highly valid and reliable, but limitations include being time-consuming, providing
  
  limited access, and holding an element of threat (mandatory/ ethical reporting upon failing). Self-report
  
  is a means to identify older adults’ safe driving behaviors, increase driving safety awareness/
  
  knowledge, and promote behavior change and safer driving outcomes. Existing measures are limited in
  
  accurately assessing older driver behaviors due to length, respondent burden, and inadequately
  
  representing driving constructs (i.e. person, vehicle, environment). Current self-report measures fall
  
  short of providing meaningful descriptions of driving ability level, and do not contribute to targeting risk
  
  reduction or increasing driving safety strategies. In contrast, item response theory or IRT methods are
  
  particularly useful to offer precise measurement of driving behaviors. Understanding a driver’s “level”
  
  of safe driving behaviors is a critical step towards providing an entry point for logical and effective
  
  interventions, identifying optimal training parameters, and predicting future driving ability. To that end
  
  we propose the further development of such a measure.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers US Transportation Collection
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  urn:sha256:81db532ee59de52b3c74ea4141a36937433bb8b884e1d69e04c06fa99543fba6
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  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25852/dot_25852_DS1.pdf
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