高齢者への交通安全教育

摘要

Elderly pedestrians and bicyclists show a variety of risky behavior on roads. Recent studies demonstrated that elder pedestrians and those without driving license crossed a road in more risky way. Elderly bicyclists without driving license also performed worse than those with license, for example, less searching behavior and more risky traveling position. Finally, a new educational program for elderly pedestrians developed by Police Agency was introduced, in which materials and contents of the lessons can be selected by participants' age stage and by having license or not.%日本では道路幅が狭く歩道もないような生活道路を，歩行者や自転車，自動車が混在して利用している.また,幹線道路と生活道路の交差点も無秩序に広がっている場合が多い.こうした日本特有の交通状況が高齢者の交通事故の一因とみなされている.