Assessing the driving performance of older adult drivers: On-road versus simulated driving

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 797-803

  Lee, Hoe C ^a   Cameron, Don ^a   Lee, Andy H ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Driving assessment; Elderly drivers; Road safety; Simulator

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

SIMULATED DRIVING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 0042830847     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(02)00083-0     Document Type: Article

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