Changing lanes in a simulator: Effects of aging on the control of the vehicle and visual inspection of mirrors and blind spot

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 191-200

  Lavallière, Martin ^a,b   Laurendeau, Denis ^a   Simoneau, Martin ^a,b   Teasdale, Normand ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b University Laval   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Blind spot; Driving; Lane changes; Simulator; Visual seach strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952156249     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2010.548426     Document Type: Article

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