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Vidareutbildning för äldre bilförare: en översikt
Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4984-7857
Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2301-5793
Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1577-8793
2009 (Swedish)Report (Other academic)Alternative title
Further training for older drivers : an overview (English)
Abstract [sv]

In the future the number of the older people, and older car drivers, will increase markedly. It is of great importance that older people have the possibility to retain their idenpendent mobility for as long as possible. However, old people have an increased risk to get severely injured or killed in a traffic accident because they are frailer due to their age. Getting older may also mean for example impaired hearing, eyesight and ability to react, something that might create problems for older car drivers in complex traffic situations. Degrading ablities often develop slowly and changes can be diffcult to embrace. Thus, mobility demands could be in conflict with traffic safety. Extensive experience can to some extent compensate high performance and refresher courses might be the way to both sustained mobility and traffic safety. The aim of this study was to make a survey of existing refresher courses for older car drivers in Sweden: Which further education possibilities do exist and which teaching material is used? Are the needs recognized? How is the education managed? What does it include and how is it organized? Who are the teachers? Who are the participants? How do the experiences look like and how is the education evaluated? How extensive is the education? What are the plans for the future? Telephone interviews have been performed with eleven experts, active in motor organizations and organizations of retired people. Furthermore, a survey of the course material, used according to the interviewees, has been performed. The most frequent refresher course according to the interviewees is called "65+". The purpose of the course 65+ is to give a better insight into which impact getting older has on car driving and by which means it is possible to continue to drive safely for as long as possible. The refresher course materials used are based on research results, accident statistics and the knowledge of traffic expertise. 65+ is designed in cooperation with a motor club, a traffic safety association and retired people's associations. The results of this study show that the design and performance of the refresher course is made locally, often in cooperation with an educational association. The course content and execution often depend on the individual leader's commitment, knowledge and interest, locally within an organization. Despite the course 65+, the organizations have mentioned a course called 'Older and wiser', which has its focus on influencing the public opinion concerning the elderly, their mobility and traffic safety. 'Correct and sensible in traffic' is another refresher course that includes advice and regulations to avoid traffic accidents. This latter material is, however, directed towards all road user groups and not only for older car drivers. There is, further, the book 'Confident Senior' (Swedish Road Administration), but this material has not been mentioned by the interviewees.

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Linköping: Statens väg- och transportforskningsinstitut, 2009. , p. 72
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VTI notat ; 12-2009
Keywords [en]
Retraining of drivers, Old people, Driver
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Pedagogy
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80 Road: Traffic safety and accidents, 843 Road: Driver training and road user education
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URN: urn:nbn:se:vti:diva-1698OAI: oai:DiVA.org:vti-1698DiVA, id: diva2:670411
Available from: 2013-12-03 Created: 2013-12-03 Last updated: 2022-10-20Bibliographically approved

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Nyberg, JonnaPeters, BjörnLevin, Lena

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