Hi On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Stephen Black wrote:
> Drivers of age 65 or older: > a) drive as safely or more safely than any other age group > b) have a 10% higher accident rate than any other age group > c) have a 25% higher accident rate than any other age group > d) have a 50% higher accident rate than any other age group > e) are exceeded in accident rate only by the youngest (under age 21) > drivers As others have noted depends on definition of accident rate. Plotting accidents/deaths per 100,000 km/miles driven by age reveals a curvilinear relationship with the highest point being young drivers and the next highest being old drivers. Accident rate by driver, however, remains flat at the upper end because older drivers drive less. Ah, the benefits of having done a community talk on Aging and driving. Best wishes Jim ============================================================================ James M. Clark (204) 786-9757 Department of Psychology (204) 774-4134 Fax University of Winnipeg 4L05D Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] CANADA http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark ============================================================================ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
