Aging Driver Needs for Mobility in an Automobile Oriented Region:
- Dynamic Visual Acuity at High Angular Velocities
- Thoughts on Elderly Driver Vision
- Changes in Color Discrimination as a Function of Age
- Spare Visual Capacity of Drivers
- Visibility through Scatter
Rodger J. Koppa, R. Quinn Brackett, Frances A. Greene, A Thompson Perry, Val J. Pezoldt, Laura K. Roush and Bruce A. Wright. Texas A&M University. April 1992, 114 pp.
This research collection is comprised of five separate studies supported entirely or in part under this grant. These studies are: (1) Dynamic Visual Acuity at High Angular Velocities, a preliminary study of differences between static and dynamic visual acuity and the significance of such changes with age; (2) Thoughts on Elderly Driver Vision. These two studies were preludes to A. Thompson Perry’s present doctoral dissertation funded under this grant. (3) Changes in Color Discrimination as a Function of Age, by Frances A. Greene is a preliminary assessment of visual performance shifts with age. (4) Spare Visual Capacity of Drivers, by Laura K. Roush, R. Quinn Brackett, and Valmon J. Pezoldt has direct relevance to IVHS system design, and presents a methodology suitable for use in studying changes in driver workload capacity as a function of age. (5) Visibility through Scatter, by Bruce A. Wright relates losses in contrast sensitivity, typical with age, to sight distance on the highway.
Keywords: Aging, Elderly, Driving, Vision
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