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Giving the older driver enough perception-reaction time

N Lerner1

  • 1COMSIS Corporation, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.

Experimental Aging Research
|January 1, 1994
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Older drivers need more time to react, impacting highway design and new vehicle technologies. Current designs may not adequately protect aging drivers, necessitating further research and adaptive solutions.

Area of Science:

  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Gerontology
  • Transportation Safety

Background:

  • Behavioral slowing and increased information processing time are common with aging.
  • Current highway design standards rely on 'design driver' perception-reaction times, which may not account for older drivers' needs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the relationship between increased older driver response times and highway environment design.
  • To assess the implications of new in-vehicle technologies for older drivers' reaction times and safety.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of existing data on older driver performance and compensation strategies.
  • Discussion of the potential benefits and drawbacks of Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems (IVHS) for aging drivers.

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Main Results:

  • Determining if current highway design adequately protects older drivers is challenging due to data gaps and individual variability.
  • Older drivers' ability to compensate for age-related declines can mask underlying deficits.

Conclusions:

  • Current highway design standards may not fully accommodate the slower response times of older drivers.
  • Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems (IVHS) offer potential benefits but also risks for older drivers, requiring careful design and evaluation.