Roadwise Review

AAA Roadwise Review: A Tool to Help Seniors Drive Safely Longer is a scientifically validated screening tool developed by AAA and noted transportation safety researchers. The tool allows seniors to measure the eight functional abilities shown to be the strongest predictors of crash risk among
older drivers.

The online version automatically uninstalls itself after use, and no personal data or scores are reported so results remain confidential.

This home-based, user-friendly screening software is based on the DrivingHealth® Inventory battery of functional tests which were validated in a six-year cooperative research project between NHTSA and the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration, with additional support from the National Institute on Aging. Drivers with a significant loss in the functional capabilities tested by Roadwise Review are 2 to 5 times more likely to cause a motor vehicle crash than drivers without losses in these key safe
driving abilities.

The measures include:

• Leg Strength and General Mobility - enables you to accelerate and brake under regular conditions and to respond quickly in emergencies.
• Head/Neck Flexibility - allows you to check blind spots when you back up, change lanes, or merge into traffic.
• High Contrast Visual Acuity - helps you detect pavement markings, read road signs and spot hazards in or near the road.
• Low Visual Acuity - enables you to maintain lane position and drive safely in rain, dusk, haze and fog.
• Working Memory - helps you follow directions, remember traffic rules and regulations, and make good decisions as you drive.
• Visualization of Missing Information - enables you to recognize and anticipate a threat or hazard even when part of it is hidden from view.
• Visual Search - enables you to scan the driving environment and recognize traffic signs, signals, navigational landmarks and hazards.
• Visual Information Processing Speed - allows you to pay attention to what is in front of you while also detecting threats at the edge of your field of view.

AAA Roadwise Review is available free at www.AAASeniors.com (click on Skills Assessment).