In my car the brake is on the right: Pedal errors among older drivers

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 403-409

  Freund, Barbara ^a   Colgrove, LeighAnna A ^a   Petrakos, Davithoula ^a   McLeod, Rebecca ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Clock drawing; Cognition; Driving; Pedal confusion; Unintended acceleration

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVER SIMULATORS; BRAKES; ERROR ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CLOCK DRAWING; COGNITION; DRIVING; PEDAL CONFUSION; UNINTENDED ACCELERATION;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 38149066692     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.07.012     Document Type: Article

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