Do Older Drivers At-Risk for Crashes Modify Their Driving Over Time?
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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2009
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Authors: | Ross, Lesley A. ; Clay, Olivio J. ; Edwards, Jerri D. ; Ball, Karlene K. ; Wadley, Virginia G. ; Vance, David E. ; Cissell, Gayla M. ; Roenker, Daniel L. ; Joyce, John J. |
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Journals of Gerontology: Series B. - Gerontological Society of America, ISSN 1079-5014. - Vol. 64B.2009, 2, p. 163-170
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