On-road driving evaluations: a potential tool for helping older adults drive safely longer |
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Authors: | Stutts Jane C Wilkins Jean W |
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Institution: | Highway Safety Research Center, University of North Carolina, 730 Airport Road, Campus Box 3430 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3430, USA. jane_stutts@unc.edu |
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Abstract: | PROBLEM: This paper explores the potential use of on-road driving evaluations as a tool for helping older adults extend their safe driving years. METHOD: Three separate research activities were carried out. The first was a national telephone survey of current and former older drivers. The results of this survey provide information relevant to the potential market for on-road driving evaluations. The second was a series of focus groups with potential stakeholders in the process: driver educators, occupational therapists, and physicians. These groups explored the feasibility and requirements of offering on-road driving evaluations to the wider public. Supplemental data were also collected from a mail survey of driving schools nationwide. RESULTS: Based on the results of these efforts, a number of recommendations are presented for expanding the availability of on-road driving evaluations, specifically to help older adults make more responsible decisions about continuing or stopping driving, and more generally to help them drive safely longer. |
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Keywords: | Driving evaluation Driver assessment Older driver Fitness to drive |
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