Authors
David W Eby, Lisa J Molnar, Jennifer S Zakrajsek, Lindsay H Ryan, Nicole Zanier, Renée M St Louis, Sergiu C Stanciu, David LeBlanc, Scott Bogard, Lidia P Kostyniuk, Jacqui Smith, Raymond Yung, Linda Nyquist, Marian E Betz, Carolyn DiGuiseppi, Vanya Jones, Guohua Li, Thelma J Mielenz, David Strogatz, AAA LongROAD Research Team
Publication date
2019/10/1
Journal
Transportation research part F: traffic psychology and behaviour
Volume
66
Pages
76-86
Publisher
Pergamon
Description
Studies over the past two decades have attempted to document and understand factors related to crashes involving older drivers to develop more effective countermeasures to reduce the frequency and severity of these crashes. Studies in which vehicle acceleration data can be recorded have begun to explore the relationship between rapid deceleration events (RDEs) and functional abilities among older drivers as a surrogate measure of unsafe driving. Recent naturalistic driving studies with older adults have found differing results using different thresholds to define an RDE. The present study examined the relationship among RDE rates, demographics, visual abilities, cognitive abilities, and driving comfort among a large cohort of older drivers, using two definitions of RDEs—longitudinal deceleration of 0.35 g or greater (RDE35) and longitudinal deceleration of 0.75 g or greater (RDE75). The study utilized …
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