Role of vehicles in aged society

摘要

The number of aged persons over 65 years old will reach to more than one fourth of the population in Japan at the beginning of 21st century. Such an aged society requires not only well-developed welfare system but also transportation convenient for the aged persons. Most of older people can handle the vehicles, however by the research results. it has been shown that they have several weak points that might be hard for them to drive the vehicles. This paper describes the role of vehicles in the aged society based on the social conditions and the technology trend.