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PASSAGE EIGHTY-FOUR

Elderly driver

1.The Intelligent Transport team at Newcastle University have turned an electric car into a mobile laboratory named “DriveLAB” in order to understand the challenges faced by older drivers and to discover where the key stress points are.

2.Research shows that giving up driving is one of the key reasons for a fall in health and well-being among older people, leading to them becoming more isolated and inactive.

3.Led by Professor Phil Blythe, the Newcastle team are developing in-vehicle technologies for older drivers which they hope could help them to continue driving into later life.

4.These include custom-made navigation tools, night vision systems and intelligent speed adaptations.  

5.Phil Blythe explains: “For many older people, particularly those living alone or in the country, driving is important for preserving their independence, giving them the freedom to get out and about without having to rely on others.”

6.“But we all have to accept that as we get older our reactions slow down and this often results in people avoiding any potentially challenging driving conditions and losing confidence in their driving skills.  

7.The result is that people stop driving before they really need to.” 

8.Dr. Amy Guo, the leading researcher on the older driver study, explains: “The DriveLAB is helping us to understand what the key points and difficulties are for older drivers and how we might use technology to address these problems.”

9.“For example, most of us would expect older drivers always go slower than everyone else but surprisingly, we found that in 30 mph zones they struggled to keep at a constant speed and so were more likely to break the speed limit and be at risk of getting fined.  

10.We’re looking at the benefits of systems which control their speed as a way of preventing that.”

11.“We hope that our work will help with technological solutions to ensure that older drivers stay safer behind the wheel.”

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老年司机

1. 纽卡斯尔大学的智能交通团队将一辆电动汽车变成了一个名为“DriveLAB”的移动实验室，以了解老年司机面临的挑战，并发现关键的压力点在哪里。

2. 研究表明，放弃驾驶是老年人健康和幸福感下降的关键原因之一，导致他们变得更加孤立和不活跃。

3.在菲尔·布莱斯教授的带领下，纽卡斯尔团队正在为老年司机开发车载技术，希望能帮助他们在晚年继续开车。

4. 其中包括定制的导航工具、夜视系统和智能速度调整。

5. 菲尔·布莱斯解释说:“对许多老年人来说，尤其是那些独居或住在乡下的老年人，开车对保持他们的独立性很重要，让他们可以自由外出，而不必依赖别人。”

6. “但我们都必须接受，随着年龄的增长，我们的反应会变慢，这通常会导致人们避开任何可能具有挑战性的驾驶条件，对自己的驾驶技术失去信心。”

7. 结果是，人们在真正需要放弃开车之前就停止了开车。”

8.老年司机研究的首席研究员艾米·郭博士解释说:“DriveLAB正在帮助我们了解老年司机的关键点和困难所在，以及我们如何利用技术来解决这些问题。”

9. “例如，我们大多数人会认为老年司机总是比其他人开得慢，但令人惊讶的是，我们发现在30英里/小时的区域，他们很难保持恒定的速度，因此更有可能打破速度限制，面临被罚款的风险。”

10. 我们正在研究控制其速度的系统的好处，以此作为防止这种情况的一种方式。”

11. “我们希望我们的工作将有助于提供技术解决方案，以确保老年司机在驾驶时更安全。”