TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1990//
TI  - Empirical studies on the performance of elderly automobile drivers
JO  - Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie
A1  - Schlag, Bernhard
SP  - 300
EP  - 306
VL  - 23
IS  - 5
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: de</p>
LA  - de
SN  - 0044-281X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -