Seniors at the Wheel: Perception and Taking of Road Risk by the Elderly

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Adil YOUCEF KHODJA, Abdessattar HEMMI

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The current research deals with the perception and road risk taking linked to high weight (tonnage) vehicles driving daily in roads, particularly Algeria East-West highway users. To achieve the objectives set forth, 110 professional drivers of goods transportation who their ages above 50 and with different work experience were targeted in this survey. The perception and road risk taking is measured from scale of 05 points set up of 40 items. Results show that it exist as much professional drivers of goods transportation that perceive the less road risk as those who are really careful when driving. In addition, results state that age and experience jointly don’t influence the perception and road risk taking.

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