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Keeping Older Drivers Behind the Wheel
Hugh Pickens writes "A new study shows the key role technology can play in extending the age at which people can drive safely and highlights the important psychological role that driving plays in older people's lives in contributing to feelings of independence and freedom and maintaining their quality of life. The study identified ideas for in-car information systems to help compensate for the reduction in reaction time that affects many older drivers. Specific recommendations included a head-up display on the windshield that displays road sign information based on GPS position so the driver doesn't have to keep watching the road side for information and a system to provide the driver with audible feedback on their current speed so the driver doesn't have to look at the dashboard so often. 'Our research highlights issues that have been overlooked by car designers and those advising older people on lifestyles,' says Dr Charles Musselwhite, who led the study. 'The current emphasis on developing technologies which take over part of the driving task may actually end up deterring older drivers. By contrast, better in-car information systems could help them drive safely and ensure they want to keep driving.'"
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Exactly. How can a person who ignores their turn signal indicator for 30 miles be expected to look through a transparent heads-up display and see the road, or recognize which beep is beeping?
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a car that just drives them to their desired destination beats thousands of buttons and blips and bleeps of LED light. we need the DARPA SENIOR 65+ challenge
A HUD? With the relevant traffic signs on it? What does that have to do with old people? I want those things!
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I thought the reason old people drove such big cars is so they could drive in a straight line indefinitely without having to be bothered by such minor inconveniences as road debris, stop signs, small dogs, children, etc.
Give him a break, maybe Senator McCain is busy texting someone on his BlackBerry.
That had nothing to do with her age and everything to do with her ability (or lack of it) to drive. This afternoon, I was in a parking lot when a lady started to back out in front of me, then stopped for me. I waved her on saying, "You're burning gas; I'm not." She continued, after thanking me, and said, "Backing up is scary." I'm sure it was, and not just for her, because at no time did she ever turn her head to see where she was going. At a guess, she was in her mid-30s.
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Give him a break, maybe Senator McCain is busy texting someone on his BlackBerry.
Or, more likely, sending somebody a telegram with one of those black clicky Morse code things.
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Only the ones who survive. I've suggested to my employers that we rename a section in one our cemeteries "My Space".
Heh. I'm gen-X, F youse guys! When I was a kid, all the commercials were about fun stuff for young-to-middle aged folks. Now that I'm older, all the commercials are about goddamned erection pills and adult diapers! You people are monopolizing the marketing world! Nobody is selling me the shit *I* want!
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