Older drivers' insight into their hazard perception ability

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2121-2127

  Horswill, Mark S ^a   Anstey, Kaarin J ^b   Hatherly, Christopher ^b   Wood, Joanne M ^c   Pachana, Nancy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anticipation skill; Driving performance; Elderly; Self assessment; Self efficacy; Traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

ANTICIPATION SKILL; DRIVING PERFORMANCE; ELDERLY; SELF EFFICACY; SELF-ASSESSMENT;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; HAZARDS; RATING; TESTING;

RISK PERCEPTION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79961167692     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.05.035     Document Type: Article

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