DRIVER ACCEPTANCE OF MANDATORY AND ADVISORY SYSTEM FOR IN-CAR SPEED MANAGEMENT ON COMMUNITY STREETS—VIEW POINT ON ELDERLY PEOPLE—

Abstract

Traffic fatalities are on the decline for 12 consecutive years in Japan. On the other hand, the percentage of the fatalities in the community streets and the elderly people are increasing. The speed of vehicle at the time of collision is greatly related damage of traffic accidents. In Europe, the ISA (Intelligent Speed Adaptation) system that can control speed properly from the vehicle side in a specific area has been progress in recent years. It is believed that if the verification of the system effects were done properly, the ISA will become innovative measures to guarantee the effectiveness of the speed limit in the community streets of our country. This study aims to determine the acceptability of the elderly driver of the ISA in the streets.