TY - JOUR PY - 2017// TI - Relationship between senior drivers' cognitive and physical functions and urban driving behaviors during behind-the-wheel driving education sessions with driving instructors JO - Journal of transportation technologies (Irvine, Calif.) A1 - Yonekawa, Takashi A1 - Tanaka, Takahiro A1 - Aoki, Hirofumi A1 - Yamagishi, Misako A1 - Yoshihara, Yuki A1 - Takeuchi, Eijiro A1 - Takahashi, Issey A1 - Ninomiya, Yoshiki A1 - Kanamori, Hitoshi A1 - Suzuki, Tatsuya A1 - Inagami, Makoto SP - e148 EP - e148 VL - 7 IS - 2 N2 - Recently, traffic accidents caused by elderly drivers have been increasing. It is thought that the reasons of accidents are functions such as decline of eyesight, cognition and physical strength caused by aging. In order to assist safe driving for elderly drivers, it is necessary to sufficiently understand any possible relationship of various senior drivers' cognition, physical strength and driving behavior. In this paper relationship of elderly driver's cognition, physical strength and driving behaviors were analyzed using the result of driving instructions on urban road by driving school instructors.

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LA - en SN - 2160-0473 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jtts.2017.72011 ID - ref1 ER -