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Driving Simulation in the Clinic: Testing Visual Exploratory Behavior in Daily Life Activities in Patients with Visual Field Defects
Published on: September 18, 2012
How realistic are older drivers' ratings of their driving ability?
Mark S Horswill1, Karen Sullivan, Janine K Lurie-Beck
1School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia. m.horswill@psy.uq.edu.au
Abstract:
One strategy that can be used by older drivers to guard against age-related declines in driving capability is to regulate their driving. This strategy presumes that self-judgments of driving capability are realistic. We found no significant relationships between older drivers' hazard perception skill ratings and performance on an objective and validated video-based hazard perception test, even when self-ratings of performance on specific scenarios in the test were used. Self-enhancement biases were found across all components of driving skill, including hazard perception. If older drivers' judgments of their driving capability are unrealistic, then this may compromise the effectiveness of any self-restriction strategies to reduce crash risk.
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