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Vulnerable Road Users

Vulnerable Road Users

Medical Fitness to Drive and a Voluntary State Reporting Law

The Problem Over 27 million Americans are 70 years old or older. An estimated 20 million of them are licensed drivers. Over 500,000 drivers aged 70 and older were involved...

October 2008 Technical Report | Report Summary

Emerging Technologies

Visual and Cognitive Demands of Using In-Vehicle Information Systems

...of overall demand on drivers. Of the 30 vehicles tested, seven vehicles generated moderate levels of overall demand on drivers. None of the 30 vehicles tested yielded low overall demand...

September 2017 Technical Report | Report Summary

Vulnerable Road Users

Vulnerable Road Users

The Transition to Unsupervised Driving

...driver licensing (GDL) system for young drivers. There has been little research on teens’ behavior as they transition from supervised to unsupervised driving or of the characteristics of crashes during...

September 2011 Technical Report

Vulnerable Road Users

Vulnerable Road Users

Understanding Older Drivers: An Examination of Medical Conditions, Medication Use, and Travel Behavior

...Study (NHATS) Key Findings – Licensing and Travel Patterns Older drivers are an active group: Over 75% of male drivers and 60% of female drivers over age 85 drove five...

April 2014 Technical Report | Report Summary

Driver Behavior & Performance

Overview of Major Issues Regarding the Impacts of Alcohol and Marijuana on Driving

...Simply detecting any THC does not therefore indicate impairment; relying upon any detectable THC or the presence of a THC metabolite has been a flaw in prior research on driver...

March 2016 Research Brief

Vulnerable Road Users

Musculoskeletal Conditions and Related Driving Reduction Among Older Drivers: A LongROAD Study

This research brief utilized data from the Longitudinal Research on Aging Drivers (LongROAD) study to examine the effect of lifetime musculoskeletal condition diagnoses on driving reduction in the past year...

November 2017 Research Brief

Driver Behavior & Performance

An Evaluation of Data from Drivers Arrested for Driving Under the Influence in Relation to Per se Limits for Cannabis

...would provide an acceptable level of agreement with the SFST Among all cannabis-positive drivers arrested for DUI, 70 percent had THC concentrations below 5ng/mL The majority of cannabis-positive drivers arrested...

May 2016 Technical Report | Report Summary