Does Older Adults’ Self-Regulation of Driving Improve Safety?  An Examination of Objective and Subjective Driving Patterns in the AAA LongROAD Study
Self-Study | 1 ADED Contact Hour | Members $25 / Non-Members $50

This self-study requires participants to download a research brief, read it and then successfully complete a quiz scoring 75% or higher (3 attempts are given). 
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Does Older Adults’ Self-Regulation of Driving Improve Safety? An Examination of Objective and Subjective Driving Patterns in the AAA LongROAD Study

Svancara, A. M., Kasha, A., Arnold, L. S., & Yang, C. Y. D. (2024). Does Self-Regulation of Older Adults’ Driving Improve Safety? An Examination of Objective Driving Patterns in the AAA LongROAD Study (Research Brief).
Washington, D.C.: AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.

Abstract: Self-regulation is the act or process of modifying one’s driving in response to an awareness of one’s declining abilities. Two common forms are (1) strategic self-regulation, or decisions made prior to one’s actual driving, and (2) tactical self-regulation, decisions made while driving in response to circumstances of the environment. Rapid Deceleration Events (RDEs), commonly known as hard braking events, are used as a proxy for unsafe driving. The present study assessed the relationship between strategic and tactical self-regulation of driving and RDEs and self-reported crashes. It was hypothesized that increasing levels of self-regulation would be associated with fewer RDEs and self-reported crashes. 

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the effects of older drivers’ self-regulation on safety
• Interpret the literature on safety outcomes related to tactical or strategic self-regulation
• Develop a process for assessing and training older driver clients on implementation and practice of self-regulatory behaviors into daily driving habits
• Investigate if self-regulation is a factor that could influence or extend the safe mobility of older drivers

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