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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transp Res Part F Traffic Psychol Behav. 2013 Jan;16:104–116. doi: 10.1016/j.trf.2012.08.004

Table 1.

Left Turn Across Traffic Scenario: Average amount of time (sec) spent in each region; older and younger drivers compared

Time Range Age Cohort Region (relative to driver’s car)
Far Left (−27° & left) Near Left (−11° to −26°) Central (−10° to +10°) Near Right (+10° to +26°) Far Right (+27°& right)
−8 to −2 sec Older (70–89) 0.185 0.556 4.741 0.278 0.241
Younger (25–55) 0.370 0.370 4.556 0.407 0.296
DIFFERENCE 0.185 −0.186 −0.185 0.129 0.055
t (df = 34) 1.572 −1.049 −0.566 1.030 0.465
−2 to 0 sec Older (70–89) 1.000 0.519 0.370 0.019 0.093
Younger (25–55) 0.815 0.204 0.796 0.056 0.130
DIFFERENCE −0.185 −0.315 0.426 0.037 0.037
t (df = 34) −1.271 −2.528* 3.098** 1.047 0.398
0 to +1 sec Older (70–89) 0.704 0.222 0.074 0.000 0.000
Younger (25–55) 0.500 0.130 0.296 0.056 0.019
DIFFERENCE −0.204 −0.092 0.222 0.056 0.019
t (df = 34) −1.882 −1.029 2.838* 1.844 1.000
+1 to +3 sec Older (70–89) 0.741 0.889 0.370 0.000 0.000
Younger (25–55) 0.630 0.667 0.667 0.019 0.019
DIFFERENCE −0.111 −0.222 0.297 0.019 0.019
t (df = 34) −0.564 −1.531 1.679 1.000 1.000
+3 to +5 sec Older (70–89) 0.000 0.259 2.000 0.019 0.000
Younger (25–55) 0.056 0.333 1.926 0.019 0.000
DIFFERENCE 0.056 0.074 −0.074 0.000 0.000
t (df = 34) 0.000 0.555 −0.449 0.000 0.000
*

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.01,

***

p < 0.001