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Trans. Planning Journal
| Title | Comparing the Learning Effect and Workload between Old and Young Drivers during Simulating Driving |
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| Author | Yuh-Chuan Shih, Chih-Chan Cheng, Yi-Ning Chen and Shiann-Jorng Horng |
| Summary | This study aimed to examine the elder drivers’ learning effect and workload through a driving simulator. Twenty subjects, including 10 elder and 10 young adult drivers, participated in the study. They all had valid license of small vehicle. All participants drove on a simulator and the same driving route was repeated 10 times. Each finishing time was recorded and the workload assessed by NASA-TLX was evaluated after the first, fifth, and tenth practice. For each participant, these 10 data of finishing time were used to calculate the learning rate (φ) and theoretical first finishing time (T1) by means of regression. The ANOVA result showed that elders had significant longer T1, but learning rate (φ) and workload (NASA-TXL) between elder and young people were not significantly different. Interestingly, the workload decreased with numbers of practices. Especially, the decreasing amplitude of workload of elders was bigger than younger. And the workload of female elders was much higher than others. Understanding the learning effect could be helpful to trainers in determining how to allocate training resources and/or schedule practices so as to optimize the training effectiveness. Notably, that of elders having longer finishing time should be taken into account while legislating regulation, designing vehicle, and any actions for safety considerations. |
| Vol. | 45 |
| No. | 2 |
| Page | 81 |
| Year | 2016 |
| Month | 6 |
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