Traffic Safety Problems Of An Aging Society

Our country has gone into older-society, and the traffic problem of the older people has become the focus of the society. As disadvantaged minority, the older must be well treated and bring the attention of the whole society. The enterprise of the older is developing healthily while the traffic problem of older people is becoming better and better, but there are many disadvantages yet and there are many restricts when older people going out, and the recent years old people's transportation casualty rose unceasingly which needs to study the harmonious development of the traffic of the older people entirely, then draw up the appropriate measures to increase safety and convenience when older people going out.Firstly, this paper analyzes the traffic situation of older people, show many problems of the traffic of the older in our country. Secondly, this paper discuses the influence to traffic of the behavior characteristics of the older by analyzes the psychology and physiology of the older and brings up the measures which are good for harmonious development of the traffic of older people by combining the accidents cause analysis of the older motor drivers, older non-motor drivers and older walkers. The people-oriented traffic idea has been set, moreover, humanistic and non-obstacle traffic environment has been designed while the characteristics of older people have been considered fully. At last, this paper addressed that the system of driver's education and the physical examination of older people must be improved, and the sense of safety also must be increased.