American Driving Survey, 2015 – 2016
This Research Brief provides highlights from the AAA Foundation’s 2016 American Driving Survey, which quantifies the daily driving of the general public in the United States. Comparisons to data from 2015 are also provided.
January 2018 // Research Brief PDF
Musculoskeletal Conditions and Related Driving Reduction Among Older Drivers: A LongROAD Study
This Research Brief investigates the relationship between lifetime musculoskeletal conditions and reduction in driving in the past year.
November 2017 // Research Brief PDF
The Longitudinal Research on Aging Drivers (LongROAD) Study: Understanding the Design and Methods
This Research Brief describes the overall design and methods of the Longitudinal Research on Aging Drivers (LongROAD) study--a large-scale prospective cohort study of drivers ages 65+, and succinctly presents the numerous kinds of information being collected from participants.
November 2017 // Research Brief PDF
Use, Learning and Perceptions of In-Vehicle Technologies, and Vehicle Adaptations among Older Drivers: A LongROAD Study
This research explores the characteristics of older adults who engage in rehabilitation to improve their driving, specifically age, gender, marital status, health status, and physical function.
October 2017 // Research Brief PDF
Distracted Driving Behaviors and Beliefs among Older Adults: A LongROAD Analysis of the Training, Research, and Education for Driving Safety Study
This research explores the behaviors and attitudes of elderly drivers regarding cell phone use while driving as well as the prevalence of specific modes of cell phone use including talking, texting, emailing, browsing the internet, and navigating.
September 2017 // Research Brief PDF
Frailty, Physical Function and Driving Status in Older Adults: LongROAD Analysis of the National Health and Aging Trends Study
The purpose of the study was to examine the associations between physical frailty, physical functioning, and the rate of being a current-non-driver.
August 2017 // Research Brief PDF
Utilization of Driving Rehabilitation among Older Adults: LongROAD Analysis of the National Health and Aging Trends Study
This research explores the characteristics of older adults who engage in rehabilitation to improve their driving, specifically age, gender, marital status, health status, and physical function.
August 2017 // Research Brief PDF
Older Novice Driver Crashes in New Jersey: Informing the Need for Extending Graduated Driver Licensing Restrictions
This study examines whether evidence supports extending Graduated Driver Licensing systems, which most U.S. states apply only to new drivers licensed before the age of 18, to new drivers licensed at ages 18 years or older.
July 2017 // Full Report PDF // Fact Sheet PDF
Accelerating Teen Driver Learning: Anywhere, Anytime Training
This report describes an evaluation of a series of self-administered training modules designed to improve novice drivers' hazard anticipation, hazard mitigation, and attention maintenance skills.
June 2017 // Full Report PDF // Fact Sheet PDF
Development of a Novice Driver Training Module to Accelerate Driver Perceptual Expertise
This report describes the development of a stand-alone, self-administered training module intended to accelerate new drivers' acquisition of perceptual expertise.
March 2017 // Full Report PDF // Fact Sheet PDF