In Japan, although the rapid aging of the population has caused serious traffic problems, only a few studies have investigated the behaviour of elderly drivers in real traffic conditions. The authors have been developing a system to automatically evaluate safe-driving skill through small wireless wearable sensors that directly measure the driver's behaviour. The authors aim is to promote safe driving by providing a personalised training program according to the individual's own shortcomings in driving behaviour. By employing the sensors together with GPS and driving instructors’ knowledge, our system can automatically identify shortcomings in driving skill with an accuracy of over 80%. In February 2010, the Kyoto Prefecture Public Safety Commission, in Japan, certified our system as the first and only support tool for its ‘mandatory retraining course for elderly drivers’ that all elderly drivers, aged over 70 years, are required to take when renewing their driver's license. In this study, the authors discuss the effectiveness of our system and investigate elderly drivers’ behaviour through a large-scale demonstration experiment, involving 749 elderly drivers, in the mandatory driver-retraining course on public roads. The authors results reveal that although elderly drivers are able to maintain a safe vehicle speed, their tendency to not scan around their vehicle to ensure safety makes their driving risky.
Elderly driver retraining using automatic evaluation system of safe driving skill
IET Intelligent Transport Systems ; 8 , 3 ; 266-272
2014-05-01
7 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
GPS , driving instructor knowledge , real traffic conditions , serious traffic problems , personalised training program , mandatory retraining course , road traffic , safe vehicle speed , automatic evaluation system , driver information systems , large-scale demonstration experiment , driving safety , road safety , Global Positioning System , behavioural sciences , wearable computers , mandatory driver-retraining course , sensors , elderly driver , wireless wearable sensors , elderly driver behaviour , public roads , Japan , safe driving skill , Kyoto Prefecture Public Safety Commission , driver behaviour
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