TITLE:
Relationship between Senior Drivers’ Cognitive and Physical Functions and Urban Driving Behaviors during Behind-the-Wheel Driving Education Sessions with Driving Instructors
AUTHORS:
Takashi Yonekawa, Takahiro Tanaka, Hirofumi Aoki, Misako Yamagishi, Yuki Yoshihara, Eijiro Takeuchi, Issey Takahashi, Yoshiki Ninomiya, Hitoshi Kanamori, Tatsuya Suzuki, Makoto Inagami
KEYWORDS:
Human Engineering, Elderly Person, Driver Characteristics, Driving Instruction
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Transportation Technologies,
Vol.7 No.2,
April
18,
2017
ABSTRACT: Recently, traffic accidents caused by elderly drivers have been increasing. It is thought that the reasons of accidents are functions such as decline of eyesight, cognition and physical strength caused by aging. In order to assist safe driving for elderly drivers, it is necessary to sufficiently understand any possible relationship of various senior drivers’ cognition, physical strength and driving behavior. In this paper relationship of elderly driver’s cognition, physical strength and driving behaviors were analyzed using the result of driving instructions on urban road by driving school instructors.