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After the high crash rate of teen drivers, seniors
have the next highest collision rate on a per
mile driven basis.
Building on the success of our teen driver instructional
technology, ADEPT Driver is developing a science-based
senior driver program that is designed to reduce
collision rates and extend freedom of mobility
for senior drivers. The social, driving skill,
and aging process causes of senior crashes are
very different than the teen population and will
require different approaches to impact crash reduction.
Like teenSMART, ADEPT’s senior driver program
is being carefully researched and will be based
on empirical factors demonstrated to cause senior
citizen automobile crashes. For example, numerous
well respected research studies indicate that
visual cognition and visual processing speed are
directly related to senior driver crash involvement.
As a result,
| All Persons Over
65 Years of Age |
| Year |
2003 |
2030 |
| Number |
36 million |
70.3
million |
| Proportion |
12.6% |
20% |
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visual cognition and visual processing speed
testing and rehabilitation will be important components
in our senior driver program. Also, ADEPT expects
to leverage its $6 million investment in computer-based
driving simulations and diagnostics when developing
the senior program. Our senior program is expected
to be launched in early 2006. |