Improving older driver knowledge and self-awareness through self-assessment: The driving decisions workbook

Eby, David W.; Molnar, Lisa J.; Shope, Jean T.; Vivoda, Jonathon M.; Fordyce, Tiffani A.

doi:10.1016/j.jsr.2003.09.006

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“…A screening battery for physicians to identify unsafe drivers is under development by Canadian Driving Research Initiative for Vehicular Safety in the Elderly (Candrive) (i.e., (Molnar et al, 2005). Educational initiatives, such as AAA/CAA's Roadwise Review (Myers et al, 2008) and the Driving Decisions Workbook (Eby et al, 2003), also help to raise awareness about the effects of aging and medical issues. Those efforts do not, however, address problems specific to the driving environment.…”

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Older drivers’ opinions of criteria that inform the cars they buy: A focus group study

Zhan

Porter

Polgar

et al. 2013

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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Safe driving in older adulthood depends not only on health and driving ability, but on the driving environment itself, including the type of vehicle. However, little is known about how safety figures into the older driver's vehicle selection criteria and how it ranks among other criteria, such as price and comfort. For this purpose, six focus groups of older male and female drivers (n=33) aged 70-87 were conducted in two Canadian cities to explore vehicle purchasing decisions and the contribution of safety in this decision. Themes emerged from the data in these categories: vehicle features that keep them feeling safe, advanced vehicular technologies, factors that influence their car buying decisions, and resources that inform this decision. Results indicate older drivers have gaps with respect to their knowledge of safety features and do not prioritize safety at the time of vehicle purchase. To maximize the awareness and uptake of safety innovations, older consumers would benefit from a vehicle design rating system that highlights safety as well as other features to help ensure that the vehicle purchased fits their lifestyle and needs.

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Older drivers’ opinions of criteria that inform the cars they buy: A focus group study

Zhan

Porter

Polgar

et al. 2013

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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“…Most items in the scale related to the training of the ability to recognize one's abilities as driver were considered by the participants as the most interesting contents to be improved in their driver education. The most significant exceptions in this selfassessment scale were the items related to the knowledge of traffic norms and signs and, partly, the item concerning the ability to plan a journey; however, the results, in general, can be seen as a positive finding taking into account the arguments supporting the idea that good driving self-assessment skills are an important part of safe driving habits (Eby et al, 2003;Gregersen, 1996;Sundström, 2011). These results may also reflect young persons' interest in knowing what kind of persons they are (i.e., what kind of skills they have, how competent they are), a common trait in the transition period from adolescence to adulthood (Boud, 1995;Stipek & Mac Iver, 1989).…”

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Driver training interests of a Spanish sample of young drivers and its relationship with their self-assessment skills concerning risky driving behavior

Molina

Sanmartín

Keskinen

2013

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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This paper explores what competences are considered by the Spanish young drivers as more relevant to improve their current training as drivers as well as the relationship of these interests with their current risky driving self-assessment skills. For this purpose, a survey research design was planned with the Spanish young drivers (age between 18 and 24 years; no more than 4 years driving experience) as target population.From the initial near 1300-people sample invited to participate, we finally obtained complete data from 321 subjects. Measurement was based on participants' self-report of interests about contents to improve their driving, self-report of their risky driving behaviour, and self-assessment about their likelihood of being involved in a risky driving situation. Two main results arose from our data analysis: (1) novice drivers showed as their main interest to improve competences related to recognize their strengths and weaknesses as drivers (i.e., self-assessment skills); (2) a significant relationship between novice drivers' interests and their current risky driving self-assessment skills was found, more specifically, general interest about post-license training was higher for the under-confident self-assessors than for the over-confident ones. These results provide a relevant input to be taken into account in the design of driver training programs for novice drivers; moreover, the relationship between their training interests and their current risky driving self-assessment skills introduces an additional factor to be considered in the implementation of these training programs.

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“…Various interventions have been developed to help older drivers to self-regulate their driving behavior and thus maintain safe driving, such as self-assessment questionnaires and self-screening tools [26][27][28][29][30][31], educational interventions associated or not with practical driving training [32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41], and cognitive training programs [42][43][44][45][46][47][48]. Self-assessment questionnaires of cognitive, physical and sensory driving-related abilities and self-screening tools of driving-related difficulties have helped older drivers to i) become aware of age-related changes that could affect their driving, ii) initiate discussion with family on driving cessation, and iii) self-regulate their driving behavior [26][27][28][29][30][31].…”

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“…Self-assessment questionnaires of cognitive, physical and sensory driving-related abilities and self-screening tools of driving-related difficulties have helped older drivers to i) become aware of age-related changes that could affect their driving, ii) initiate discussion with family on driving cessation, and iii) self-regulate their driving behavior [26][27][28][29][30][31]. However, further investigations should be conducted to find out whether these self-declared behavioral changes are actually implemented during real driving.…”

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Effectiveness of two cognitive training programs on the performance of older drivers with a cognitive self-assessment bias

Hay

Adam

Bocca

et al. 2016

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Purpose Depending on the calibration of their cognitive abilities, some older drivers (ODs) might stop driving prematurely (under-estimators, UEs) and others could expose themselves to risky situations (over-estimators, OEs). The aim of the study was to compare the effectiveness of two cognitive training (CT) programs intended for ODs presenting a cognitive calibration bias. We hypothesized that CT with feedback on performance can help ODs to correctly calibrate their abilities and consequently adapt their driving behavior. Method One hundred and six ODs (≥70 years) were assigned to two CT groups (with or without a driving simulator experience, DS). These interventions lasted about 36 h and were distributed over a 3-month period. ODs completed objective and subjective cognitive evaluations and an on-road driving evaluation before and after training. Results The first results on 67 participants (40 from the CT group, and 27 from the CT + DS group) showed an improvement of their visual processing speed, their divided attention and their selective attention after training. Participants from both groups also had an improved TRIP tactical sub-score (Test Ride for Investigating Practical fitness to drive), indicating a better driving behavioral adaptation. Finally, although both training programs seemed to be equally effective in correcting cognitive calibration bias, the results indicated that 21 UEs and 10 OEs were well calibrated and thus correctly self-assessed their cognitive abilities after training. Conclusion Both CT programs (with or without DS experience) seem to improve the visual attention of ODs. UEs appeared to be more susceptible than OEs to this training and were better calibrated after it.

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Improving older driver knowledge and self-awareness through self-assessment: The driving decisions workbook

Cited by 134 publications

References 12 publications

Older drivers’ opinions of criteria that inform the cars they buy: A focus group study

Older drivers’ opinions of criteria that inform the cars they buy: A focus group study

Driver training interests of a Spanish sample of young drivers and its relationship with their self-assessment skills concerning risky driving behavior

Effectiveness of two cognitive training programs on the performance of older drivers with a cognitive self-assessment bias

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