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Previous studies on driving have found connections among age, gender, perceived driving ability, self-regulatory behavior and driving intentions. However, young and mid-aged drivers' willingness to drive in old age has not been examined in prior studies. The aim of the present study was to gain...
THE DRIVER TRAINING PROGRAM OFFERED BY THE SAFETY EDUCATIONAL CENTER AT CENTRAL MISSOURI STATE COLLEGE IN WARRENBURG, MISSOURI, WAS INVESTIGATED BY A REPORTER WHO HAD ONLY 4 MONTHS DRIVING EXPERIENCE. HE TOOK A MINI-VERSION OF THE COURSE, WHICH NORMALLY TAKES 10 WEEKS AND INCLUDES PERFECTING DRIVI...
Objectives: To compare the performance on a standardized driving evaluation of a group of oldest old adults (age 9097) against younger old adults (age 8087) and examine whether the same cognitive variables and brake reaction time performance were associated with passfail status on a road test in...
Mrs. Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and boasted(自夸) of the fact that she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished for a driving offence(犯法). Then one day she nearly lost her...
Indeed, old age for them, and many old Americans can mean not only the possible failure of one's health, but the loss of identity and self-worth. W: Yes, it's true. What do you have to say about the problem of old age? M: Many experts have given talks here that have focused...
Mrs.Jones was over eighty,but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age.She loved driving very fast,and was proud of the fact that she had never,in her thirty-five years of driving,been punished (被惩罚) for a driving offence (犯规,犯法). Then one day she nearly los...
Results:During these years, the extent to which 16-year-old drivers were in fatal crashes decreased substantially compared with older age groups. The drop in the per capita crash rate for 16 year-olds was 26%. The major change was a reduction in crashes involving transporting young passengers...
both alone and in the presence of friends.Three different age groups participated in the study:13-16,18-22,and 24and older.Members of the oldest group showed caution whether driving alone or with friends present,but the two younger groups took more chances when they were with their friends....
In addition, while the present older drivers are a select group and have mostly learned to drive as adults, in future cohorts of older citizens the majority will be license holders and they will have started driving at an earlier age. Hence, when findings about older drivers' accident ...