Safe Mobility for Older Americans (2005) / Chapter Skim
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4Crosscutting Issues The preceding chapter organized the committee's findings and recommendationsunder five headings: strategic considerations, drivers, vehicles, the roadwayenvironment, and alternative transportation. However, safe mobility for older persons as an issue cannot be so succinctly categorized; there are facets that cut across the boundaries of any taxonomy that might be created.
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enhancements benefit not just older recipients but also the larger society. The following are examples: • With earlier retirements and improving health and life expectancy, older citizens are enjoying increasing numbers of potentially productive years (Bass 1993, 6)
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of life, more illness brought on by isolation and depression, and losses to the economy in terms of opportunities to work and volunteer for programs that enhance the community. Beyond their implications for driver licensing, policy initiatives will determine the broader distribution of resources, which affects the decision to build roadways and vehicles that are safer and easier to use, to develop new technologies, to create transportation alternatives, and to provide the training and technical assistance required by older populations and their caregivers.
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nized that the benefits of maintaining driving in the face of age-associated functional declines often come at a cost in terms of safety. While no one would deny the importance of driving as the premier means of mobility for all adults, not just older adults, driving will be accompanied by crashes, injuries, and deaths.
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older relatives can become extremely burdensome when it is mixed with home, work, and other responsibilities. At the same time, older persons report that they are uncomfortable relying on others to meet their transportation needs and are reluctant to do so, even at the expense of their own mobility.
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1991; Owsley et al.
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enhancement, crash avoidance warning signals, and improved occupant protection are some of the innovations produced in recent years. Few ITS applications are now used by drivers and fewer still are used by older drivers, but this situation is likely to change in coming decades.
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Ball, K., and C Owsley.
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