Kinesiology 3457A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Traffic Collision, Neurology, Simulator Sickness
4 Jan 2020
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Fitness to drive: ability of the driver to conduct the vehicle smoothly with safe measures keep up with the ow of traf c. Driving performance: how well the person drives the car. *#1 cause of death in youth (15-25)= vehicle collisions. The us has the highest motor vehicle deaths canada is top 3. 93% of motor vehicle collisions are caused by human error. Phases of an accident: driving phase was the driver speeding, discontinuity phase (interruption) what is changing in the traf c environment, emergency phase time between disruption and impact, crash phase from impact to consequences. Example: asking parkinson"s neurologist and family if they think the patient will pass the road assessment *family member was the only people that were able to predict pass or fail. For people with parkinson"s, the nger to nose test (measures dysmetria), trails b,
