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Original Article

Improving Safe Mobility: An Assessment of Vehicles and Technologies among a Large Cohort of Older Drivers

Nicole ZanierUniversity of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; ;Center for Advancing Transportation Leadership and Safety (ATLAS Center), University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
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Lisa J. MolnarUniversity of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; ;Center for Advancing Transportation Leadership and Safety (ATLAS Center), University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-9556-1761View further author information
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David W. EbyUniversity of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; ;Center for Advancing Transportation Leadership and Safety (ATLAS Center), University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-8650-0628View further author information
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Lidia P. KostyniukUniversity of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; ;Center for Advancing Transportation Leadership and Safety (ATLAS Center), University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-9704-6392View further author information
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Jennifer S. ZakrajsekUniversity of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; ;Center for Advancing Transportation Leadership and Safety (ATLAS Center), University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-6997-4354View further author information
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Lindsay H. RyanInstitute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-8498-2539View further author information
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Renée M. St. LouisUniversity of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; ;Center for Advancing Transportation Leadership and Safety (ATLAS Center), University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; ;Monash University Accident Research Center, Monash University, Clayton, Australia; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-4751-2420View further author information
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Sergiu C. StanciuUniversity of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; ;Center for Advancing Transportation Leadership and Safety (ATLAS Center), University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-7552-7016View further author information
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David J. LeBlancUniversity of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-0280-5203View further author information
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Jacqui SmithInstitute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-6499-103XView further author information
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Raymond YungDivision of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-8181-027XView further author information
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Linda V. NyquistDivision of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-7687-3391View further author information
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Carolyn DiGuiseppiDepartment of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-6440-7817View further author information
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Guohua LiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA; ;Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia's Injury Control Research Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-4732-2448View further author information
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Thelma J. MielenzDepartment of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia's Injury Control Research Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-5975-7209View further author information
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David StrogatzBassett Healthcare Network, Bassett Research Institute, Cooperstown, NY, USAORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-5805-6280View further author information
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Pages 1-21 | Received 22 Feb 2018, Accepted 23 Sep 2018, Published online: 06 Feb 2019

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