• 한국안전학회지
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.111-118
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• 2018

Korea is facing a surge in the aging population, showing that population aged 65 and above will be accounted for 42.5% of the total population in 2065 with the emphasis on the over-80 population consisting of 19.2%. In response to this abrupt change in population structure, the number of traffic fatality accident referring to older driver as aged 65+ years had been increasing from 605 fatalities in 2011 to 815 fatalities in 2015 resulting in increases in 34.7% in oppose to happening to decreases in 17.2% about non-older driver. With Logit analysis based on Newton-Raphson algorithm utilizing older driver's traffic fatality data for the 2011-2015 years, it was found that the likelihood of an accident resulting in a fatality for super older driver aged 80 years and above considerably increased compared to other older driver with aging classification: 2.24 times for violation of traffic lane, 2.04 times for violation of U-turn, 1.48 times for violation of safety distance, 1.35 times for violation of obstacle of passing; also average annual increase of traffic accident cost related to super older driver was fairly increased rather than other older driver groups. Hence, this study proposes that improving and amending transport safety system and Road Traffic Act for super older driver needs to be urgently in action about license management, safe driving education, etc. when considering the increase of over-80 population in the near future. Also, implementing a social agreement with all ages and social groups to apply with advanced driver assistance system for older driver groups will be able to become a critical factor to enhance safe driving over the face of the country.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.69-77
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• 2009

This paper reports the aging driver traffic accident severity modeling results. For the modeling, Poisson regression approach is applied using the data set obtained from the Korea Transportation Safety Authority's simulator-based driver aptitude test results. The test items include the estimations of moving objects' speed and stopping distance, drivers' multi-task capability, and kinetic depth perception and so on. The resulting model with the response variable of equivalent property damage only(EPDO) indicated that EPDO is significantly influenced by moving objects' speed estimation and drivers' multi-task capabilities. More interestingly, a comparison with the younger driver model revealed that the degradation of such capabilities may result in severer crashes for older drivers as suggested by the higher estimated parameters for the older driver model.

• Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.288-291
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• 2011

Recommendations for older driver-friendly automobile interior design have been determined by taking into account older people's physical and cognitive characteristics. Twenty three older people (aged from 54 to 78) and five younger people (from 20 to 29) performed several tasks in actual driving conditions, in which their reaction times and performance errors were recorded. Some design factors were found to be related to older drivers' visibility and controllability. Several design recommendations were proposed in terms of cluster color and font, display location, and HVAC control type. Proposed recommendations are expected to satisfy a wider range of older drivers as these will facilitate automobile interior designs which are fitter to older drivers' visual, cognitive, and manual capabilities.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제16권10호
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• pp.213-222
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• 2018

본 연구는 고령운전자의 교통사고율 감소를 위하여 고령자의 운전패턴 인식을 통해 교통사고위험지수를 도출하고 그에 따라 운전면허증의 갱신 및 반납 정책에 반영하고자 실시되었다. 먼저, 고령운전자의 행동특성을 분석하여 교통사고를 유발하는 주요요인을 도출하여 교통사고 위험지수를 정의한다. 둘째, 자동차에 부착된 카메라, 거리센서와 스마트폰을 통하여 고령자의 운전패턴으로부터 교통사고 위험지수를 측정하는 방법을 제시한다. 마지막으로 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션으로 3개의 문턱 값을 도출하여 측정된 교통사고 위험지수로부터 사고위험도를 4단계로 판별하고 고령 운전자의 안전운전을 보장하기 방안을 제시한다. 제안하는 방법에 따라 고령운전자의 운전능력을 객관적으로 평가하여 운전면허 갱신주기의 재설정 및 자진 반납을 유도함으로써, 고령운전자의 교통사고 증가로 인한 사회적 비용을 최소화하기 위한 운전면허증 관리정책 수립에 적극 활용 가능할 것이라 믿는다.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.43-52
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• 2008

It's declining the number of deaths in total traffic accidents, but the death of elder drivers has increasing than younger drivers. So this paper wish to prevent the traffic accident of the elder drivers using driving simulator. It can help to make better policies and planning for elder drivers.

• 감성과학
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.67-78
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• 2016

본 연구는 고령 운전자의 운전능력에 대한 주관적 평가와 객관적 수행, 이동성 및 주관적 안녕감 사이의 관련성을 살펴보기 위해 수행되었다. 고령 운전자들의 이동성과 주관적 안녕감은 설문조사 방법을 통해 측정하였다. 운전능력에 대한 주관적 평가는 다양한 운전 상황을 도식적으로 제시한 후 각 상황에서의 운전능력을 주관적으로 평정하게 하였고. 객관적 수행은 운전 시뮬레이션을 이용하여 측정하였다. 본 연구의 주요 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 고령 운전자의 운전능력에 대한 객관적 수행과 이동성 사이의 상관은 유의하지 않았던 반면, 주관적 평가와 이동성 사이의 상관은 정적으로 유의하였다. 그리고 이동성과 주관적 안녕감의 하위요인 중 삶의 만족, 긍정 정서와는 정적인 반면, 부정 정서와는 부적인 상관이 관찰되었다. 둘째, 고령 운전자의 운전능력에 주관적 평가가 높을수록 이동성 수준이 높았고, 이러한 높은 이동성은 다시 주관적 안녕감의 하위요인 중 삶의 만족과 긍정 정서를 정적으로 반면, 부정 정서는 부적으로 예측하였다. 본 연구의 결과들은 고령 운전자의 주관적 안녕감에는 객관적 운전수행보다는 운전 능력에 대한 스스로의 평가가 더 중요한 기여를 할 수 있다는 것을 시사한다.

• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.129-142
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• 2015

PURPOSES : The purpose of this study is to suggest a basis for setting appropriate safety goals specifically related to the threshold zone luminance in a vehicular traffic tunnel. METHODS : In the test, drivers were divided into two groups. One group consisted of all drivers (average drivers) group with an age ratio of drivers holding domestic driver's license and driver group by age to produce threshold zone luminance in the tunnel. The threshold zone luminance produced as a result was used to analyze how it affects the safety level of each driver group and provide a basis for setting an appropriate safety criterion that can be used to determine threshold zone luminance. We used test equipment, test conditions, and ananalysis of threshold zone luminance identical to that reported by ChoandJung(2014) but the values of adaptation luminance in our analys is were expanded to range from100 to $10,000cd/m^2$. RESULTS : Adaptation luminance and threshold zone luminance are found to be related by a quadratic function. The threshold zone luminance needed by older drivers to ensure a certain safety level is significantly higher than that for drivers of other age brackets when adaptation luminance increases. 56% of older drivers are at an increased risk of an accident at the same luminance for which the safety level of average drivers is 75%. The safety level that can be achieved for older drivers increases to above 60% when threshold zone luminance level is set with the goal of attaining a safety level of more than 85% for average drivers. The safety level that can be attained for average drivers is above 90% when the threshold zone luminance is high enough to ensure over 75% in the safety level of older drivers. Results of this study are applicable to highways and others whose designed speed is 100 km/h. CONCLUSIONS : Threshold zone luminance determined on the basis of drivers having average visual ability is of limited value as a performance standard for ensuring the safety of older drivers. Hence, safety level for older drivers should be considered separately from safety levels for drivers with an average ability to avoid risk. Upward adjustment of older drivers' safety level in the process of determining appropriate threshold zone luminance in a vehicular traffic tunnel may bring both tangible and intangible benefit as a result of reducing accidents. However, there is an associated dollar cost arising from installing and operating lights. As a result, the economic impact of these trade-offs should also be considered.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.62-69
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• 2013

Visual demands associated with in-vehicle display usage and text messaging distract a driver's visual attention from the roadway. To minimize eyes-off-the-road demands, voice interaction systems are widely introduced. Under cognitively distracted condition, however, awareness of the operating environment will be degraded although the driver remains oriented to the roadway. It is also know that the risk of inattentive driving varies with age, thus systematic analysis of driving risks is required for the older drivers. This paper aims to understand the age-related driving performance degradation and visual attention changes under auditory cognitive demand which consists of three graded levels of cognitive complexity. In this study, two groups, aged 25-35 and 60-69, engaged in a delayed auditory recall task, so called N-back task, while driving a simulated highway. Comparisons of younger and older drivers' driving performance including mean speed, speed variability and standard deviation of lane position, and gaze dispersion changes, which consist of x-axis and y-axis of visual attention, were conducted. As a result, it was observed that gaze dispersion decreased with each level of demand, demonstrating that these indices can correctly rank order cognitive workload. Moreover, gaze dispersion change patterns were quite consistent in younger and older age groups. Effects were also observed on driving performance measures, but they were subtle, nonlinear, and did not effectively differentiate the levels of cognitive workload.

• 감성과학
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.29-40
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• 2014

고령운전자의 이동성과 삶의 만족 사이의 정적관계는 잘 알려져 있다(e. g., Collins, 2008). 그러나 본 연구에서는 이러한 관련성이 고령운전자의 동기, 이동성 속성 및 정서성에 따라 달라질 수 있음을 제시하고자 한다. 구체적으로 본 연구에서는 고령운전자의 접근/회피동기에 따라 이동성 속성이 달라질 수 있는지, 그리고 이동성 속성에 따른 삶의 만족 수준에서의 차이를 긍정/부정정서가 차별적으로 매개하는지 비교하였다. 132명의 만 65세 이상 고령운전자를 대상으로 접근/회피동기 척도(BIS/BAS, Carver & White, 1994), 이동성 척도(장혜란 등, 2009), 긍정/부정정서 척도(SPANAS, Diener et al., 2009) 및 삶의 만족 척도(SWLS, Diener et al., 1985)를 사용한 면대면 설문조사를 실시하여 자료를 수집하였고, 상관분석과 경로분석을 통해 수집된 자료 사이의 관련성을 검토하였다. 본 연구의 주요 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 고령운전자의 접근동기는 사회활동을 위한 운전량(Amount of Driving for Social Activity: 이하 'DSA')에 정적으로, 반면 회피동기는 물리적 운전량(Amount of Driving Measured by Distance and Time: 이하 'AD')에 부적으로 영향을 미쳤다. 특히 접근동기는 DSA를 매개로 긍정정서에 정적인 영향을 미친 반면 회피동기는 AD를 매개로한 정서와의 관련성이 관찰되지 않았다. 둘째, 긍정정서는 DSA와 삶의 만족 사이의 관계를 완전매개하는 효과를 보였으나 AD는 정서성과 삶의 만족 사이의 관계에 영향을 미치지 않았다. 본 연구의 결과들은 고령운전자의 운전 속성, 동기, 정서성 그리고 삶의 만족 사이의 상호관련성을 이해하는데 기초적인 자료로 사용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.111-118
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• 1992

Assuming the majority of car accidents are due to driver errors, we due rear-end collisions which occurred in the State of Washington, USA, in 1982, 1983, and 1984, to study human responsible involvement associated with the sex and age of drivers. Rear-end collisions involving two passenger cars are included in this study. The driver of a car which struck the rear end of another car is considered responsible for the accident, and the driver of a car which was struck in the rear end is not considered responsible for the accident. In addition to male and female drivers, we used three different age groups: 16 to 24 years old, 25 to 34 years old, and 35 years or older. Hence, six diferent groups of drivers are considered in this study.