Organisation: Rica (Research Institute for Consumer Affairs)
Date uploaded: 15th October 2014
Date published/launched: October 2014
This review of literature and experts forms part of a broader investigation into in-car safety technology and older drivers.
Key literature contributions from academia are reviewed, and positioned alongside expert opinions from industry and the third sector. In reviewing in-car safety technology, five overarching research questions were used to explore attitudes about user centred design (UCD) practices, older people and the automobile industry.
These research questions were:
• What research exists about the usage of existing in-car safety technology and older drivers?
• To what extent have older drivers’ needs and abilities been considered in the design and development of in-car safety equipment?
• What are the opinions and attitudes of older people towards these systems?
• Is in-car safety technology solving safety problems for older people?
• What gaps exist in the research of in-car safety technology and older people?
The investigation was informed through searching academic, industrial and 3rd sector literature and contacting c30 experts from the automotive industry as well as academics in the field.
FOOTNOTE
Rica also published at the same time a seperate but related report based on a survey of drivers aged more than 55yrs. A link to this report is provided below.
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