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Older Road User
Research Plan

DOT HS 809 322
August 2001

U.S. Department of Transportation
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

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Table of Contents

• Technical Report Documentation Page

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

BACKGROUND

EXPERT PANEL

• Table 1 High-priority Research and Implementation Projects
• Table 2 Medium-priority Research and Implementation Projects

PROBLEM STATEMENTS

• Maryland Model Follow-up
• Law Enforcement Program: Detecting Impaired Drivers
• Driver Retraining Evaluation
• Driver Retraining Standards: Standardization of Training and Standards of Driver Rehabilitation/Assessment Professionals
• Screening and Assessment: Development, Evaluation and Validation of Tools
• Screening and Assessment: Types/Tiers of Assessments
• Screening and Assessment: Screening - Routine or Focused?
• Screening and Assessment: Referral Programs
• PI&E: Overall Awareness Level
• PI&E: Evaluate PI&E Efforts - new and old
• Evaluate Mobility Alternatives
• Mobility Alternatives PI&E
• Alternative Transportation Users: Needs And Capabilities
• Rate of Impaired Status
• Assessment of Medication Effects on Driving
• ITS and Implications for At-Risk Drivers
• Media Portrayal of Older Drivers
• National Personal Transportation Survey (NPTS) - Analysis
• Overcoming Barriers to Driver Assessment
• Early-Stage Dementia Driving Behavior Research
• Indiana Tri-Level, Update
• Medical Conditions: Do They Impede Insight for Self-Regulation?
• Rural Older Drivers, Crashes, and Exposure
• Crashes Involving Older Pedestrians
• Crash Rates of Older Females: Cohort Effect?

PRIORITIZATION

• STRICT VOTE-BASED PRIORITIZATION
• Table 3 Timeline for Strict Vote-Based Prioritization
• DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGY
• Table 4 Timeline for Diversification Strategy Prioritization 
• TOPIC COVERAGE PRIORITIZATION 
• Table 5 Timeline for Topic Coverage Prioritization

REFERENCES

APPENDICES

• Appendix 1 - Literature Review
• Appendix 2 - Research Projects Suggested and Prioritized at the November, 1999 Meeting Included in Literature Review of Current Project
• Appendix 3 - Implementation Projects Suggested and Prioritized at the November, 1999 Meeting Included in Literature Review of Current Project
• Appendix 4 - Unprioritized General Research Concepts Suggested at the November, 1999 Meeting Included in Literature Review of Current Project
• Appendix 5 - Unprioritized General Implementation Concepts Suggested at the November, 1999 Meeting Included in Literature Review of Current Project
• Appendix 6 - Additional Research and Implementation Projects Identified During the Review of Research and Materials
• Appendix 7 - Additional Research Projects Proposed by Expert Panel Members