Age-related declines in car following performance under simulated fog conditions

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 818-826

  Ni, Rui ^a   Kang, Julie J ^a   Andersen, George J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Car following; Driving; Driving safety; Fog

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED; CAR FOLLOWING; DRIVING SAFETY; HEADWAY DISTANCE; LEAD VEHICLES; MATCHING SPEED; MEAN AGES; OLDER DRIVERS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE; SINE-WAVE;

SPEED;

FOG;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAR; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; WEATHER;

ACCELERATION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; WEATHER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950321635     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.04.023     Document Type: Article

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