Older drivers remain overrepresented in intersection crashes. Previous evidence suggests that the primary reason for this lies with their lack of scanning for potential threat vehicles while entering stop-controlled intersections. More so, secondary glances prove critical when the conditions obscure potential threat vehicles while approaching the intersection. Currently, simulator-based older driver training programs have proven effective in increasing the frequency of secondary glances taken by older drivers up to 2 years following the training. However, both the need for a full-scale driving simulator and participant dropout rates because of simulator sickness within training programs continue to limit the applicability of these alternatives. This study used a series of micro-scenarios to train older drivers in secondary glances, thus reducing the potential for participant dropouts resulting from simulator sickness. In addition, driver immersion levels varied across multiple training platforms, ranging from low to medium. A total of 91 participants between 67 and 86 years old were assigned to one of five groups. Three groups were provided active, secondary glance training on a driving simulator (one on a low immersion simulator and two on medium immersion simulators), a fourth group was provided passive training using a PowerPoint presentation, and the last group was a control with no training. Following training, all participants were evaluated in their personal vehicles while wearing head-mounted cameras. The medium immersion group resulted in the highest percentage of secondary glances (82%), whereas the control group resulted in the lowest percentage (42%). The results provide evidence to suggest that the training programs using micro-scenarios in medium and low immersion simulators can increase the frequency of secondary glances without having high dropout rates caused by simulator sickness.

较旧的驾驶员在交叉路口撞车事故中所占比例仍然很高。先前的证据表明，这样做的主要原因是他们在进入停车控制的路口时没有扫描潜在的威胁车辆。更重要的是，当条件在接近交叉路口时掩盖了潜在的威胁车辆时，第二眼便显得至关重要。当前，已证明基于模拟器的老年驾驶员培训计划可以有效地将老年驾驶员次要扫视的频率提高到培训后的两年。但是，由于训练程序中的模拟器疾病，对全面驾驶模拟器的需求和参与者的辍学率都继续限制了这些替代方法的适用性。这项研究使用了一系列微观场景来训练年长的驾驶员，使他们一目了然，因此减少了因模拟器疾病而导致参与者辍学的可能性。此外，驾驶员的沉浸感水平在多个培训平台上有所不同，范围从低到中。年龄在67至86岁之间的91位参与者被分配到五个小组之一。三组在驾驶模拟器上进行了主动的，中学的扫视训练（一组在低浸入式模拟器上，两组在中等浸入式模拟器上），第四组使用PowerPoint演示文稿进行了被动训练，最后一组是没有训练的对照。培训后，所有参加者在佩戴头戴式摄像机的情况下都在自己的私人交通工具中接受了评估。该媒体浸泡组导致第二眼的百分比最高（82％），而对照组导致第二眼的百分比最低（42％）。的结果提供的证据表明，使用在微场景中的训练方案介质和低浸没模拟器可以增加二次扫视的频率而不具有由模拟器疾病辍学率高。