• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.146-159
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• 2021

본 연구는 고령운전자 운전특성 파악을 위한 실증적 분석의 일환으로 차량 시뮬레이터를 이용하여 고령운전자의 주행특성을 파악하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 기존연구 고찰에서 고령운전자의 주행특성 요소를 파악한 후, 시뮬레이션 환경을 구축하고 일반 운전자와의 주행 비교를 통해 고령자 운전특성을 명확히 도출하고자 하였다. 실험 결과 고령운전자는 주행속도, 운전조작(브레이크, 스로틀, 스티어링 작동) 등 차로편측을 제외한 모든 항목에서 일반 운전자와는 다른 주행특성을 보이는 사실을 확인하였으며, 주요 특성으로 차로변경 시 속도유지 및 적정 차간간격 확보가 어렵고, 돌발 상황 발생 시 정지거리와 소요시간이 더 많이 필요한 것으로 확인되었다. 결과적으로 고령운전자 주행거동의 일의적 특성을 입증할 수 있었고, 도로설계, 고령자 관련 교통정책 수립 등에 유효한 지침을 제공할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.103-111
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• 2006

The purpose of this study was to analyse the relationships between cognitive abilities and driving characteristics of elderly drivers. Driving characteristics of elderly and younger drivers who were driving a fixed base driving simulator vehicle were examined. Participants consisted of 12 drivers over age 65 (the 'older' group) and 12 drivers between the ages of 25 and 55 (the "younger" group). As indices of cognitive ability, critical flicker fusion frequency (CFF) tests and cognitive reaction tests were given before the driving task. CFF was also tested after the simulated driving task for both groups. Cognitive reaction tests, which were composed of speed estimation tests, multiple choice reaction tests and obstacle avoidance tests, were developed by the Korean Road Traffic Safety Authority in 2003. CFF values between the two groups exhibited significant differences both before and after the task, with a p-value less than 0.01 and a t-value of -3.01 before the test and a p-value less than 0.031 and a t-value of -2.35 after the test. Older drivers' CFF values were lower than those of the younger. However, there was no difference in older or younger driver CFF values before and after the task within the same group. Except for the multiple choice reaction test, there was no difference in cognitive reaction test results between the two groups. The elderly drivers made more errors though they did not differ from the younger drivers in reaction times. At the simulated driving task the reaction time of the elderly driver was longer than that of the younger; however, the driving speed of the elderly was lower and the number of collisions greater. There was a positive correlation (r=.496) between the number of errors in the multiple choice reaction test and the number of collisions in the driving task. Therefore, it was identified that critical attributes contributing to automobile crashes involving elderly drivers included cognitive difficulty in judging and responding to complex situations.

• 한국감성과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국감성과학회 2011년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.65-67
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• 2011

• 자동차안전학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.35-40
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• 2022

In this study, the driving performances of elderly who's age is over 65 were evaluated. The driving simulation was conducted using a compact driving simulation (CDS) and the simulation scenarios were developed from actual roads by replicating geometry of skewed intersection and traffic control devices located in Jungnang-gu, Seoul, Korea. 27 elderly drivers and 10 non-elderly drivers were recruited and participated on the virtual turning right and going straight driving experiment of CDS. Virtual driving data of driving time, speed, distance, acceleration and deceleration speeds, brake power, and steering wheel rotation angle were recorded and analyzed. Generally, elderly driver took more times to pass through the skewed intersection road and showed lower approaching speed as much as 40% and 25% in case of turning right and going straight scenarios respectively. The speed deviation at skewed intersection road between elderly and non-elderly driver is expected to cause frequent lane changes and overtaking.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제21권48호
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• pp.145-152
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• 1998

Driving performance is characterized by many things such as driver's experience period, age, ability of information processing and reaction time of control devices and so forth. However, each factor of driving performance is needed to help and screen a poor driver for safe driving. In this paper, driving performance was estimated by reaction of manipulating brake, accelerator, steering wheel and speed. Subjects were grouped by experience of accident and age. Combinations of every group were analysed. For all the dependent variables, only steering wheel and speed were shown to have significant difference, which could be regarded as visual information of speed and direction were the important factors to drive safely. Especially for tile elderly, it is needed to enhance their ability of visual information processing that is to be decreased with aging. Therefore driving simulator to train and screen the poor driver should be studied.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.285-290
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• 2011

Due to the ageing-related degradation in physical and cognitive abilities, the elderly have difficulty in car driving and this is related to the high rate of car accidents among them. This study investigated the kinematic characteristics of old drivers' steering in right turning at intersections by comparing with young drivers. Thirteen old(60~70) and thirteen young(20~30) drivers who participated in the experiment turned their cars right side at intersections in a driving simulator. As results, the completion time of right turning at intersection of old drivers was larger than that of young drivers. The speeds of vehicle at the beginning and ending point of the right turning area of old drivers were smaller than those of young drivers, and also the steering angle at the ending point of the turning area of the former was smaller than that of the latter. The normalized jerk of old driver's steering was significantly larger than that of young drivers. These results indicate that old drivers modify their steering movement repeatedly and take the driving strategy of avoiding risks due to their reduced physical capabilities.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.18-34
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• 2021

교통사고 사망자 중 보행자 사망자는 약 40%로 가장 큰 비중을 차지하고 있으며, 이는 OECD 회원국 평균 약 2배 정도의 수치로 보행자의 안전관리가 시급한 실정이다. 이처럼 심각성이 높은 보행자 사고의 감소를 위해서는 일반 운전자보다 교통사고 발생 가능성이 높은 고위험 운전자(초보, 고령, 상용차 운전자)에 대한 사고 감소 방안이 선행 적용될 필요가 있다. 이에 본 연구는 보행자가 돌발적으로 횡단하는 위험상황이 구현된 주행시뮬레이터를 활용하여 교통사고 감소 방안 중 하나인 안전운전 교육의 수행 전후 보행자 돌발 횡단 상황에서 고위험 운전자의 운전행태 개선 효과를 분석하였다. 초보 운전자와 고령 운전자의 경우 대부분의대리 안전 지표에서 운전행태 개선을 보이지 않았고, 상용차 운전자만이 안전운전 교육으로 인한 운전행태 개선 효과가 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 초보 운전자와 고령 운전자의 경우 안전 교육 이외에 보행안전 인프라, 운전자 주행 보조 시스템 등의 추가적인 보행자 사고 감소 방안이 필요하다는 것을 시사한다. 본 연구의 결과는 고위험 운전자에 의한 보행자 사고의 감소 방안을 수립하는데 기초 연구로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제26권12호
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• pp.131-137
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• 2009

Recent technological advances made a vehicle more intelligent to increase safety and comfort. An intelligent vehicle provides drivers with safety warning information through audible sounds, visual displays, and tactile devices. However, elderly drivers have been known to decrease the physical and cognitive abilities such as muscular strength, hearing, eyesight, short term memory, and spatial perception. Therefore, possible age-related deficits should be considered to design an effective warning system. This paper aims to evaluate the impact of advancing age on response performance on audible safety warnings which are widely used for alerting driving hazards. In order to understand the effect of age-related hearing loss and movement slowing, three sound characteristics (frequency, intensity, and period) and three age groups (younger, middle, and older) are considered. Data was drawn from 38 drivers who drove a simulated rural road in a driving simulator. Experimental results show that age influences driver's response performance. In conclusion, the appropriate range of a warning sound is suggested.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.26-32
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• 2011

최근 U-health 분야에서는 EEG(Electroencephalograph) 뇌파를 전송하여 환자뿐만 아니라 일반 노약자를 대상으로 졸음운전이나 뇌졸중, 또는 심장마비와 같은 위기상황에 대처하기 위해 실시간으로 뇌파를 모니터링하는 시스템을 연구하고 있다. 이러한 시스템은 병원이나 요양원등 다양한 지역에 적용할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 자동차 통신망에 적용하여 운전자의 뇌파를 실시간으로 모니터링하고 미연에 사고를 방지할 수 있는 통신망 시스템의 성능을 평가하고자 한다. 이를 위해 VANET환경에서 EEG뇌파 전송을 효율적으로 할 수 있도록 옵넷 시뮬레이터에서 제공하는 모바일 애드혹 노드를 사용하였다. 운전자의 뇌파를 노변기지국으로 전송하는 애드혹한 자동차 통신망을 설계하고 시뮬레이션을 통하여 도심 지역에 적합한 환경을 도출하였다.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.783-788
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• 2010

This study was to examine to the CNS(Central Nervous System) responses of elderly drivers at the green, yellow, and red signal types. To examine this result, the older adults over age 65 who has more than 5 years of driving experience participated this experiment. In addition, we used audio-visual film clips as the stimulus than driving simulator, because the CNS reponses are sensitive to movement such as steering wheel. While subjects were watching one car's driving among green, yellow, or red signal types at the intersection, we measured their EEG(electroencephalogram) using monopolar electrodes from Fz, Cz and Pz sites. As a result, relative sizes of beta waves were changed due to the signal type conditions, and pre- and post-time of entering the intersection at the measured sites, separately. It suggests that the elderly drivers' CNS responses were different by the signal types.