Citation

Schlag B. Z. Gerontol. 1990; 23(5): 300-306.

Vernacular Title

Empirische Untersuchungen zur Leistungsfahigkeit alterer Kraftfahrer.

Affiliation

Universität Essen, Gesamthochschule.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2260383

Abstract

Before the year 2000 the number of elderly drivers (65 years and older) in the Federal Republic of Germany will probably double. Concerns about traffic safety predominate-under the broadly accepted assumption that the elderly drive less cautiously. The most important results of driving tests of elderly drivers (and a comparison group of middle-aged) and their relation to performance measures are presented. The results show that the elderly drivers performed worse in laboratory tests, but in driving tests (in a significant number of different traffic situations) they did not differ unfavourably from the middle-aged drivers.

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