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agree: Elderly driver reapplies for driver's license - Coggle Diagram
agree: Elderly driver reapplies for driver's license
Impaired judgment
getting used to driving
Elderly people drive with their own feelings = do not follow the rules
dementia
Need to introduce a modified driving test for older drivers who want to hold a driver's license
O’Neill MRCPI, D. “Physicians, Elderly Drivers, and Dementia.” THE LANCET, vol. 339, no. 8784, 1992, pp. 41–43. ScienceDirect, doi:10.1016/0140-6736(92)90155-V.
visually impaired
Cataracts, presbyopia, narrowing of vision
JM, Wood, and Troutbeck R. “Elderly Drivers and Simulated Visual Impairment.” Europe PMC, vol. 72, no. 2, 1995, pp. 115–24, doi:10.1097/00006324-199502000-00010.
Social safety
protect the elderly
reduce traffic accidents
accident rate, degree of injury, case fatality rate = all high
older persons are more vulnerable to injury once a crash occurs and as a group experience a higher fatality rate.
Patricia F, Waller. “The Older Driver.” Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, vol. 33, no. 5, 1991, pp. 499–505. HFES, doi:10.1177/001872089103300502.
opposite opinion
protection of elderly drivers
Further understand the growing needs of older drivers and create solutions for secure mobility
Broberg, Thomas, and Tania Dukic Willstrand. “Safe Mobility for Elderly Drivers—Considerations Based on Expert and Self-Assessment.” Accident Analysis & Prevention, vol. 66, 2014, pp. 104–13. ScienceDirect, doi:10.1016/j.aap.2014.01.014.
Male drivers thought they needed to use their own cars more than female drivers.
Hakamies-Blomqvist, Liisa, and Barbro Wahlström. “Why Do Older Drivers Give up Driving?” Accident Analysis & Prevention, vol. 30, no. 3, 1999, pp. 305–12. ScienceDirect, doi:10.1016/S0001-4575(97)00106-1.
transportation
difficult to use public transport