Inclusive Transport - Case Studies

SiDE Driving Lab

SiDE’s Transport team now have a complete driving lab in order to monitor driver behaviour and enable older drivers to remain on the road, safely, for longer. DriveLab now has a driving simulator alongside the Peugeot Ion car and specialised instrumentation kit.     Read More

Older Drivers Study

This study investigates the potential of in-vehicle technologies on keeping older drivers driving safely for longer.  Read More
date: 09.03.2012

eScience Monitoring

To further explore driving behaviour and the vulnerability of older drivers as road users we will need to monitor moving vehicles. Read More
date: 05.03.2012

Impacts of cessation of driving

Chris Emmerson will undertake a major survey of older drivers using the SIDE User Pools coordinated by Dundee and Newcastle. Read More
date: 11.04.2011

The POP card

In January 2009, Prof Phil Blythe chaired a workshop at The Stadium of Light in Sunderland which launched the concept of NESTI (North East Smart Ticketing Initiative). Read More
date: 11.04.2011

  • In-Vehicle System for Older Drivers - Studies of individual developed countries in Europe, Asia and North America document that older drivers do not represent an excessive risk or a threat to other road users.

  • In-vehicle navigation systems and older drivers - The aim of this research is to investigate how in-vehicle navigation systems should be improved to make them more appropriate to the needs of older drivers, and whether these changes could enable older drivers to drive safely for longer.