The assessment of the disabled for driving: A preliminary report

Abstract

An increasing number of centres are being established to give advice to the disabled driver. This study presents a preliminary report on the assessment procedures used at Banstead Place Mobility Centre to determine a person's suitability for driving, and the subsequent decisions on driving of the disabled who were assessed in the Centre's first full year of operation.

A preliminary investigation of road traffic accident rate after severe brain injury

“…Driving involves a complex interaction of cognitive and perceptual abilities (especially related to visual input), motor skills, and environmental factors [1,2]. A brain-damaged patient may have difficulty discriminating among many simultaneous inputs, a critical factor in complex traffic situations.…”

Learner Drivers with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus: The Relationship between Perceptual-Cognitive Deficit and Driving Performance

“…4 were walkers and 7 used wheelchairs. All were non-drivers who had been routinely assessed for driving 1-24 months (mean: 11 months) prior to the course (12). None had medicalor visual disabilities which prevented them from holding a provisional driving licence (9) and all were eonsidered physieally able to control an adapted care safely.…”

“…Test Token test (7) Picture completion (8) Picture arrangement (8) Digit span (9) Logical memory (10) Visual reproduction (10) Letter cancellation (11) Line tracing (12) Pattern copying (13) Road map test (14) Embedded figures (15) Pre-Driving Assessment Part 2 …”

“…Pre-Driving Assessment Part 1 During Driving Ability Assessment Ss were asked to complete a battery of modified, standardised tests chosen to sampie the perceptuall cognitive skills considered fundamental to driving (12). The skills assessed included visual discrimination, visual scanning/tracking, figure-ground discrimination, spatial and directional orientation.…”

The Canadian Safe Driving Study—Phase I pilot: Examining potential logistical barriers to the full cohort study

“…Determining driving risk is complex, as driving is an overlearned skill involving the integration of multiple factors including physical, cognitive and perceptual faculties that are influenced by driving experiences, attitudes and behaviour (Anstey et al, 2005;Galski et al, 1992;George and Smiley, 1999;Simms, 1985). For instance, younger inexperienced drivers (15-24 years of age) typically exhibit unsafe driving behaviours such as speeding and driving while under the influence of alcohol in addition to their lack of experience behind the wheel (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration).…”