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Cognitive impairment and driving safety
Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2012As the populations of many countries continue to age, cognitive impairment will likely become more common. Individuals with cognitive impairment pose special challenges for families, health professionals, driving safety professionals, and the larger community, particularly if these older adults depend on driving as their primary means of community ...
David W, Eby, Lisa J, Molnar
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Reviews of Human Factors and Ergonomics, 2005
Driving is a common and hazardous activity that is a prominent cause of death worldwide. Driver behavior represents a predominant cause, contributing to over 90% of crashes. In this review, I will focus on how driver behavior influences driving safety by describing the types of crashes and their general causes, the driving process, the perceptual and ...
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Driving is a common and hazardous activity that is a prominent cause of death worldwide. Driver behavior represents a predominant cause, contributing to over 90% of crashes. In this review, I will focus on how driver behavior influences driving safety by describing the types of crashes and their general causes, the driving process, the perceptual and ...
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Using driving simulators to assess driving safety
Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2010Changes in drivers, vehicles, and roadways pose substantial challenges to the transportation safety community. Crash records and naturalistic driving data are useful for examining the influence of past or existing technology on drivers, and the associations between risk factors and crashes.
Linda Ng Boyle, John D. Lee
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Driving Safety and Fitness to Drive in Sleep Disorders
Continuum, 2017Driving an automobile while sleepy increases the risk of crash-related injury and death. Neurologists see patients with sleepiness due to obstructive sleep apnea, narcolepsy, and a wide variety of neurologic disorders. When addressing fitness to drive, the physician must weigh patient and societal health risks and regional legal mandates.
Jon, Tippin, Mark Eric, Dyken
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Drugs, Driving and Traffic Safety
2009Drugs, Driving and Traffic Safety gives a comprehensive overview of the effects of different medical conditions like neurological disorders, anxiety and depression and their pharmaceutical treatment on driving ability. In addition, the effects of alcohol and drugs of abuse are discussed.
Verster, J. C. +3 more
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Safety, legal issues, and driving
2011This chapter describes the many practical and legal issues that are important for people with dementia and their families. A person with dementia’s autonomy must be respected together with recognition of their remaining abilities. The capacity needed for a particular decision depends on the nature and complexity of the decision.
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The Certification Process Driving Patient Safety
Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America, 2019In 2016, the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) and the National Patient Safety Foundation issued a joint call encouraging each ABMS member board to integrate patient safety principles and activities into their initial and continuous certification processes. This article describes how the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology integrates
Pooja, Shivraj +4 more
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Safety Verification of Automated Driving Systems
IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine, 2013In this paper, a set based approach is presented for safety verification and performance analysis of automated driving systems. As an example, reachability analysis technique is used to study the minimum required safe inter-vehicle distance for two given adaptive cruise controllers, a state feedback and a state feedback/feedforward controller designed ...
Kianfar Roozbeh +2 more
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Small Screen Use and Driving Safety
Pediatrics, 2017The increased availability of “small screens,” wireless devices with Internet-enabled connections, and their associated applications has almost overnight changed the way that we interact with our phones. The current work outlines some of the aspects of this problem as it relates to the influence of small screens on driving safety.
Paul, Atchley, David L, Strayer
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Perceived driving safety and seatbelt usage
Accident Analysis & Prevention, 1985Swedish and U.S. subjects judged their own driving skills and safety in relation to other drivers. As in earlier studies, most subjects showed an optimism bias: a tendency to judge oneself as safer and more skillful than the average driver, with a smaller risk of getting involved and injured in an accident.
O, Svenson, B, Fischhoff, D, MacGregor
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