Accessible transportation is the passport to independent

living for everyone. To achieve maximum economic gain

every country needs maximum mobility between and
within country. The hindrance of mobility of any population
group e.g. elderly or impaired, reduces economic growth
someway or the other.
Many countries estimate that about 12-14% of their
population is disabled in some way and 5-10% has
walking or mobility difficulties. Elderly people with mobility,
sensory and cognitive impairment face many challenges in
daily life. Aging causes physiological changes that make
driving more difficult, these include increased reaction
time, deteriorating vision (particularly at night) ,and a
reduced ability to split attention between several tasks.

A study done by Institute of Driver Training &

Research, India in 2001 highlights that over
500 professional drivers were having vision
impairment. Further, this has been
established by literature review that elderly
drivers accident rate per mile increases as
drivers age past about 65 and increases
rapidly beyond about 75 years old .Keeping in
view of this present study was done in CRRI
,India .This study is divided into two parts and
highlights following objectives:
a)Part –I :To study the hand grip strengths of
the drivers’ and tremors movements with

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 increasing age ,elderly pedestrians
problems e.g. difficulties faced by them
while walking along the road and crossing
facilities were also analyzed
b)Part-II: To study Visual Recovery Time
from constant and interval glares with
increasing age