• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.73-82
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• 2010

The purpose of this study is to understand motion characteristics of older drivers during reaching seat belt compared to young drivers and to provide design guidelines in order to reduce discomfort for the elderly. The whole body kinematics of each subject was captured using 12-camera motion analysis system. Subjective ratings on discomfort levels were obtained simultaneously using a questionnaire. This paper first presents the result of motion characteristics of elderly drivers' reach motion to seat belt. Compared to young drivers, older drivers performed seat belt reach motions less efficiently and moved slower due to mostly the movement error. Older drivers also made use of reduced joint range of motion in cervical left rotation, lumbar left rotation and right shoulder adduction, which can be explained by their reduced active range of motions (AROMs). To compensate for their reduced joint range of motion, older drivers rotated pelvis more.

• 한국노년학
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.1087-1099
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• 2012

본 연구의 목적은 노인 운전자의 시공간능력이 운전 중 상황인식에 어떻게 작용하는지를 살펴보는 것이다. 노인 운전자의 시공간능력을 측정하기 위해 시공간 구성과 기억 능력을 측정하는 Rey-Osterrith Complex Figure(이하, ROCF) 평가를 사용하였으며, 실험참가자의 운전 중 상황인식을 측정하기 위해 UC-win/Road 시뮬레이션으로 제작된 실시간 탐사법을 활용하였다. 60명의 실험참가자가 실험에 참가하였다(노인 운전자: 30명, 평균연령 70세 / 젊은 운전자: 30명, 평균연령 27세). 실험 후, 운전 중 시공간능력에 관련된 상황인식의 각 수준별 영향을 분석하기 위해서 반복측정 변량분석을 활용하였다. 연구결과, 시공간능력이 상황인식능력에 밀접한 관계가 있음을 증명하였으며, 노인의 시공간능력이 노인 운전자의 지속적인 운전 가능성을 높이는데 큰 역할을 하고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 한편 노인 운전자의 시공간능력 향상을 위해 보다 적극적인 ROCF의 개발을 제안하고자 한다.

• 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.

• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.59-72
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• 2018

PURPOSES : This study was conducted to develop expressway safety treatments based on the analysis results of older driver behaviors through literature review, surveys, and driving simulator experiments. METHODS : In this study, three analyses were conducted: surveys of 700 older drivers to find the risk segments they recognized, driving simulator experiments with older and younger drivers to investigate driver behaviors, and expert surveys to find the priority of expressway safety treatments for older drivers. RESULTS : Through survey results it was found that merging areas and tunnels were identified as the most dangerous areas, and more dangerous older driver behaviors were observed on those expressway segments in the driving simulator experiments. In addition, the priorities of safety treatments for each segment of expressways were decided based on expert surveys. CONCLUSIONS : It was concluded that choice and concentration strategies of expressway safety treatments for older drivers should be applied as perceptions regarding dangerous spots and older driver behaviors, including geometric designs, safety facilities, regulation, and institutes to improve expressway safety.

• 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.

• 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.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.619-624
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• 2010

The traffic accidents of the aged are increasing because old people generally experience a decline of physical functions and judgment but their dependence on automobiles increases. In order to investigate the older drivers' response to traffic signs and surrounding environment according to changing driving brightness, this study measured the visual cognitive behavior, driving behavior, and subjective evaluation while the driving brightness was changed using a driving simulator. Furthermore, the drivers who recognized traffic signs and those who did not were compared. As a result, it was found that some older drivers had declined ability of cognition, some failed to adapt to rapid brightness change even if sufficient attention was given to traffic sign, and some could not safely control the vehicle when approaching intersections. Therefore, the development of support systems for aged drivers in traffic environment is necessary in the future.

• Journal of the Korean Data Analysis Society
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.3185-3199
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 운전장면 개별요소들에 대한 중년 및 고령운전자의 작업기억의 특성을 반응민감도, 반응편파 및 반응시간을 통해 비교하였다. 본 연구의 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 고령운전자 집단은 중년운전자 집단에 비해 민감도가 낮았고 특히 중년운전자 집단의 경우는 중심자극과 주변자극에 대한 민감도에서의 차이가 유의하지 않았던 반면, 고령운전자 집단의 경우는 중심자극에 비해 주변자극에 대한 민감도가 현저하게 더 낮았다. 둘째, 중년운전자 집단은 전반적으로 보수적으로 반응한 반면 고령운전자 집단은 대체적으로 관대한 방향으로 반응하는 경향이 상대적으로 더 컸다. 셋째, 중년운전자들에 비해 고령운전자들의 반응시간이 더 느렸고, 중심자극보다는 주변자극에 대한 반응시간이 더 느렸으며, 반응의 유형에 따라서는 적중의 반응시간이 가장 빨랐던 반면 헛경보의 반응시간이 가장 느렸다. 특히, 탈루과 정기각 반응에 대해서는 두 집단 사이의 반응시간 차이가 더 증가하였다. 이러한 결과는 중년운전자들에 비해 고령운전자들은 운전장면 개별요소에 대한 작업기억에서의 파지가 상대적으로 더 불완전하고, 이에 따라 작업기억에 기초한 신속한 판단에서 어려움이 증가할 수 있음을 시사한다.

• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.153-165
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• 2017

PURPOSES : With the increasing number of older drivers in an aging society, there is a growing need for research and planning on traffic safety for the older drivers using an improved road geometry design. This study also proposed a modified urban road interchange design, which aims to keep the older drivers away from accident-prone and high-traffic areas of the city. METHODS : In this study, we examined accident data records of older drivers to identify accident-prone zones and intersections; we studied the road geometry at these zones and analyzed if it was an underlying cause for higher number of accidents. Based on the research and subsequent analysis, we suggested plans for improvement of road geometry design at these intersections. RESULTS :By studying historic data and analyzing factors that affect the likelihood of accidents of vehicles driven by older drivers and after studying suitable traffic accident prediction models, we identified the major variables that need to be modified at accident-prone intersections, such as the width of a left turn lane at an intersection and the radius of the right turn lane at a street corner. The results have a significance probability of less than 0.001 and a 95% confidence level. To improve safety at the identified intersection, this study suggests the installation of a left-turn-lane-shaped Positive Offset and a right-turn-lane-shaped Slip Lane concept and an adjustment of intervals between intersections.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.141-158
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• 2022

고령운전자를 대상으로 하는 운전적성검사 체계는 국내에 다수 마련되어 있으나, 실차주행을 통해 실질적인 운전능력을 평가하는 항목 및 체계는 마련되어 있지 않다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 현재 국내에 존재하는 실차주행 평가방식인 기능시험 평가항목이 고령·일반 운전자의 운전능력 차이를 설명하는지 확인하고, 장내기능시험장을 활용하여 별도 평가항목을 개발하고자 실차주행실험을 수행하였으며, 운전자별 주행행태 데이터를 비교·분석하여 연령 및 신체·인지 능력에 따른 고령운전자의 운전능력 관련 통계적 유의성을 검토하였다. 그 결과, 기존의 기능시험 평가항목보다 별도 개발한 평가항목이 운전능력에 대해 더 높은 설명력을 갖추고 있음을 확인하였다. 이 결과를 바탕으로, 실차주행을 통한 실질적인 고령운전자 운전능력 평가방법 마련 및 시스템 개발에 대한 방향성 및 시사점을 제시하였다.