<60 Minutes Tracking> ‘Driving with the Elderly’... Reexamining traffic accidents involving elderly drivers
2024-10-05 02:41:05
Meanwhile, opinions are being raised that rather than considering the fact that the driver who caused the accident was old, we should look at the reasons why such an accident occurred and the reality faced by the elderly population aged 65 or older from a broader perspective.
60 Minutes Tracking included voices from various fields related to elderly driving, and sought ways to make the aging society safer through coverage of domestic and foreign organizations and interviews with experts.
His younger brother, Inbyeong, died on July 1 of this year after being struck by a 68-year-old driver's vehicle that rushed onto the sidewalk at an intersection near City Hall Station.
The 60 Minutes Tracking production team worked with experts to reconstruct the circumstances of the accident at the time from the driver's perspective and reconstruct the situation at the scene in three dimensions.
Meanwhile, the National Institute of Forensic Science, which analyzed accident vehicle records, revealed for the first time evidence that appeared to be deeply related to the cause of the reverse driving accident at City Hall Station in an interview with the production team.
Last November, three pedestrians at a crosswalk in Chuncheon were hit by an 82-year-old man's car traveling at 97 km per hour and died on the spot.
Experts say that when all social efforts, including system improvement and technical support, work together, they can contribute to the safety of both elderly drivers and pedestrians.
