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Do Older Drivers At-Risk for Crashes Modify Their Driving Over Time?

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  • Lesley A. Ross
  • Olivio J. Clay
  • Jerri D. Edwards
  • Karlene K. Ball
  • Virginia G. Wadley
  • David E. Vance
  • Gayla M. Cissell
  • Daniel L. Roenker
  • John J. Joyce

Abstract

Five-year driving habit trajectories among older adults (n = 645) at-risk for crashes were examined. Performance measures included Useful Field of View (UFOV). Motor-Free Visual Perception Test, Rapid Walk, and Foot Tap. Self-report measures included demographics and the Driving Habits Questionnaire. Longitudinal random-effects models revealed that drivers at-risk for subsequent crashes, based upon UFOV, regulated their driving more than the lower-risk participants. Restricted driving was present at baseline for the at-risk group and was observed in longitudinal trajectories that controlled for baseline differences. Results indicate that persons at-risk for subsequent crashes increasingly limit their driving over time. Despite this self-regulation, a larger sample of such older drivers was twice as likely to incur subsequent at-fault crashes. Results suggest that self-regulation among older drivers at-risk for crashes is an insufficient compensatory approach to eliminating increased crash risk.UFOV is a registered trademark of Visual Awareness, Inc. Copyright 2009, Oxford University Press.

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  • Lesley A. Ross & Olivio J. Clay & Jerri D. Edwards & Karlene K. Ball & Virginia G. Wadley & David E. Vance & Gayla M. Cissell & Daniel L. Roenker & John J. Joyce, 2009. "Do Older Drivers At-Risk for Crashes Modify Their Driving Over Time?," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 64(2), pages 163-170.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:geronb:v:64b:y:2009:i:2:p:163-170
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    1. Noland, Robert B., 2013. "From theory to practice in road safety policy: Understanding risk versus mobility," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 43(1), pages 71-84.
    2. Stephen Layfield & Wesley Burge & William Mitchell & Lesley Ross & Christine Denning & Frank Amthor & Kristina Visscher, 2014. "The Effect of Speed of Processing Training on Microsaccade Amplitude," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(9), pages 1-6, September.

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