young adults perceptions of senior citizens driving abilities

Young Adults Perceptions Of Senior Citizens Driving Abilities

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Table of Contents

Introduction . 3

Literature Review . 4 Hypothesis . 9

Problem Statement . 10

Research Methodology . 11 Results . 25 Conclusion . 27 References . 28

Introduction

A survey has been conducted to analyze and interpret the perceptions of young people regarding the driving capabilities of senior citizens in our part of the world . They (young people ) further fall

in the category of young adults and older adults . The survey which was conducted for three weeks determines whether senior citizens are more vigilant or unable to respond much to their surroundings while driving . This has been given an opinion to by young people . Their age ranges start from 18 onwards

The questionnaire is based on thirty three questions which include questions relation to age , gender , ethnicity and a few statements

It was a random sample selected out of the young subjects chosen to answer our survey

On the other hand , a lot depends upon people 's level of education to create opinions , especially for an issue such as this . The mode of transportation also matters according to whether the individual is using a car , bus , train , motorcycle or any other means of transportation . For certain statements people have been asked to rate on a scale of 1 to 5 where 1 stands for `strongly disagree ' and 5 stands for `strongly agree

In our part of the world , there happens to be quite a number of senior citizens who are still driving , a few of them are even found to be in their 80 's and 90 's and therefore , we tried to determine whether they should still be driving or not given the safety issues on roads and highways Literature Review

Driving by senior citizens could raise great concerns for some whilst it could be thought of as a norm by the others . Some have argued that elderly people often claim a false younger age in to keep driving and , therefore , pave way to accident related risks on the road (Anonymous , 2004 . Similarly , senior citizens do not consider accident risks to be a problem for themselves , instead they take it as a problem for their friends and family and thus , think of having the required skills to avoid or tackle any such problem

On the other hand , it is known that those of the senior citizens who drive are more agile and less likely to be subjected to illness especially those related to aging life , in this way an individual 's dependence would be reduced as long as he or she is able to drive and get daily chores done without much of help taken from others Eventually , they are saved from diseases like osteoporosis and obesity (Anonymous , 2004

Some elderly drivers give up driving because of health related issue however , some are advised to give up if they are diagnosed with diseases such...