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The challenge of safe driving among elderly drivers
The challenge of ageing has two key aspects with regard to driving: mobility and safety. It is necessary for elderly adults to preserve independent mobility and activity; however, physical frailty and cognitive limitations have negative effects on their safety. Therefore, the issue of driving, and m...
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The Institution of Engineering and Technology
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5830885/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29515816 http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/htl.2017.0002 |
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author | Albert, Gila Lotan, Tsippy Weiss, Penina Shiftan, Yoram |
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description | The challenge of ageing has two key aspects with regard to driving: mobility and safety. It is necessary for elderly adults to preserve independent mobility and activity; however, physical frailty and cognitive limitations have negative effects on their safety. Therefore, the issue of driving, and more specifically, the fostering of safe driving of old people, is crucial, especially due the increasing number of elderly people holding a driving license. The purpose of this Letter is to point out the complexity of elderly driving and to suggest countermeasures by acknowledging that obtaining the correct balance between safety and mobility of older drivers is a complicated and sensitive task. To address this issue, the authors suggest accommodating their driving behaviour and patterns, in light of the deteriorating driving skills, by integrating social and policy procedures and use of emerging technologies. Policy steps to support elderly drivers and their loved ones by gradually controlling driving of elderly population when this becomes risky to them may serve as a desired countermeasure according to a proved tool such as technology. Utilisation of advanced technologies can help to monitor travel and driver behaviour and ability to make the necessary alterations, based on elderly driving skills. |
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spelling | pubmed-58308852018-03-07 The challenge of safe driving among elderly drivers Albert, Gila Lotan, Tsippy Weiss, Penina Shiftan, Yoram Healthc Technol Lett Article The challenge of ageing has two key aspects with regard to driving: mobility and safety. It is necessary for elderly adults to preserve independent mobility and activity; however, physical frailty and cognitive limitations have negative effects on their safety. Therefore, the issue of driving, and more specifically, the fostering of safe driving of old people, is crucial, especially due the increasing number of elderly people holding a driving license. The purpose of this Letter is to point out the complexity of elderly driving and to suggest countermeasures by acknowledging that obtaining the correct balance between safety and mobility of older drivers is a complicated and sensitive task. To address this issue, the authors suggest accommodating their driving behaviour and patterns, in light of the deteriorating driving skills, by integrating social and policy procedures and use of emerging technologies. Policy steps to support elderly drivers and their loved ones by gradually controlling driving of elderly population when this becomes risky to them may serve as a desired countermeasure according to a proved tool such as technology. Utilisation of advanced technologies can help to monitor travel and driver behaviour and ability to make the necessary alterations, based on elderly driving skills. The Institution of Engineering and Technology 2018-01-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5830885/ /pubmed/29515816 http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/htl.2017.0002 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open access article published by the IET under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) |
spellingShingle | Article Albert, Gila Lotan, Tsippy Weiss, Penina Shiftan, Yoram The challenge of safe driving among elderly drivers |
title | The challenge of safe driving among elderly drivers |
title_full | The challenge of safe driving among elderly drivers |
title_fullStr | The challenge of safe driving among elderly drivers |
title_full_unstemmed | The challenge of safe driving among elderly drivers |
title_short | The challenge of safe driving among elderly drivers |
title_sort | challenge of safe driving among elderly drivers |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5830885/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29515816 http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/htl.2017.0002 |
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