Prevalence, attitudes, and knowledge of in-vehicle technologies and vehicle adaptations among older drivers
| Autor: | Guohua Li, Nicole Zanier, David Strogatz, Linda V. Nyquist, Raymond Yung, Renée M. St. Louis, David J. LeBlanc, Carolyn DiGuiseppi, Lisa J. Molnar, Lindsay H. Ryan, Thelma J. Mielenz, Jennifer S. Zakrajsek, David W. Eby, Lidia P. Kostyniuk, Sergiu C. Stanciu, Jacqui Smith |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Automobile Driving Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Technology Higher education Applied psychology Poison control Human Factors and Ergonomics Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Cohort Studies 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine SAFER Surveys and Questionnaires 0502 economics and business Injury prevention Prevalence Humans Learning 030212 general & internal medicine Safety Risk Reliability and Quality Baseline (configuration management) Aged 050210 logistics & transportation business.industry 05 social sciences Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Accidents Traffic Age Factors Human factors and ergonomics United States Motor Vehicles Attitude Socioeconomic Factors Female Perception Safety Psychology business |
| Zdroj: | Accident; analysis and prevention. 113 |
| ISSN: | 1879-2057 |
| Popis: | The purpose of the present study was to gain a better understanding of the types of in-vehicle technologies being used by older drivers as well as older drivers' use, learning, and perceptions of safety related to these technologies among a large cohort of older drivers at multiple sites in the United States. A secondary purpose was to explore the prevalence of aftermarket vehicle adaptations and how older adults go about making adaptations and how they learn to use them. The study utilized baseline questionnaire data from 2990 participants from the Longitudinal Research on Aging Drivers (LongROAD) study. Fifteen in-vehicle technologies and 12 aftermarket vehicle adaptations were investigated. Overall, 57.2% of participants had at least one advanced technology in their primary vehicle. The number of technologies in a vehicle was significantly related to being male, having a higher income, and having a higher education level. The majority of respondents learned to use these technologies on their own, with "figured-it-out-myself" being reported by 25%–75% of respondents across the technologies. Overall, technologies were always used about 43% of the time, with wide variability among the technologies. Across all technologies, nearly 70% of respondents who had these technologies believed that they made them a safer driver. With regard to vehicle adaptations, less than 9% of respondents had at least one vehicle adaptation present, with the number of adaptations per vehicle ranging from 0 to 4. A large majority did not work with a professional to make or learn about the aftermarket vehicle adaptation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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