Jane C Stutts1, Jean W Wilkins. 1. Highway Safety Research Center, University of North Carolina, 730 Airport Road, Campus Box 3430 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3430, USA. jane_stutts@unc.edu
Abstract
PROBLEM: This paper explores the potential use of on-road driving evaluations as a tool for helping older adults extend their safe driving years. METHOD: Three separate research activities were carried out. The first was a national telephone survey of current and former older drivers. The results of this survey provide information relevant to the potential market for on-road driving evaluations. The second was a series of focus groups with potential stakeholders in the process: driver educators, occupational therapists, and physicians. These groups explored the feasibility and requirements of offering on-road driving evaluations to the wider public. Supplemental data were also collected from a mail survey of driving schools nationwide. RESULTS: Based on the results of these efforts, a number of recommendations are presented for expanding the availability of on-road driving evaluations, specifically to help older adults make more responsible decisions about continuing or stopping driving, and more generally to help them drive safely longer.
PROBLEM: This paper explores the potential use of on-road driving evaluations as a tool for helping older adults extend their safe driving years. METHOD: Three separate research activities were carried out. The first was a national telephone survey of current and former older drivers. The results of this survey provide information relevant to the potential market for on-road driving evaluations. The second was a series of focus groups with potential stakeholders in the process: driver educators, occupational therapists, and physicians. These groups explored the feasibility and requirements of offering on-road driving evaluations to the wider public. Supplemental data were also collected from a mail survey of driving schools nationwide. RESULTS: Based on the results of these efforts, a number of recommendations are presented for expanding the availability of on-road driving evaluations, specifically to help older adults make more responsible decisions about continuing or stopping driving, and more generally to help them drive safely longer.
Authors: Marian E Betz; Jason S Haukoos; Robert Schwartz; Carolyn DiGuiseppi; Deepika Kandasamy; Brenda Beaty; Elizabeth Juarez-Colunga; David B Carr Journal: J Am Geriatr Soc Date: 2017-12-12 Impact factor: 5.562
Authors: Marian E Betz; Anne Dickerson; Tyler Coolman; Elin Schold Davis; Jacqueline Jones; Robert Schwartz Journal: Occup Ther Health Care Date: 2014-07