Deterioration of the useful visual field with ageing during simulated driving in traffic and its possible consequences for road safety

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1271-1276

  Rogé, Joceline ^a   Pébayle, Thierry ^b  

^a Cité des Mobilités   (France)

^b Université de Strasbourg Faculté de Psychologie   (France)

Author keywords

Age; Car driving; Road safety; Traffic; Useful visual field

Indexed keywords

AGE; CAR DRIVING; ROAD SAFETY; TRAFFIC; USEFUL VISUAL FIELD;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; DETERIORATION; ROADS AND STREETS; SPEED; VEHICLES; VISION;

TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR VEHICLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC; VELOCITY; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 68349146551     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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