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Creators:
Classen, Sherrilene
Corporate Creators:
University of Florida. Center for Multimodal Solutions for Congestion Mitigation
Subject/TRT Terms:
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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.


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Collection(s):
US Transportation Collection University Transportation Centers
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