Comparison between emotional and objective views to promote understanding of risks for elderly drivers

This study investigated what emotional feedback was effective for helping elderly drivers understand and modify their driving problems in the hypothesized driving re-education program using a driving simulator. A victimizer experience and the data review from the victim´s perspective were compared with the image review from the objective, bird´s-eye angle. The effect of combination of the victimizer and the victim methods was also measured. As results, the elderly participants in the victimizer-experienced group most modified their risky driving after the feedback. However, such great effect of the victimizer experience lessened when the victim-view data review was provided.