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Word of the Day: Acuity
Acuity is a person’s ability to think, see, and hear clearly.
Recently, in Japan, much attention has been paid to accidents involving elderly drivers.
As people age, their mental and physical acuity begins to diminish.
Many accidents have involved elderly drivers mistaking the gas pedal for the brake pedal.
Given the alarming rise in these accidents, there is a pressing need for more effective and frequent testing methods to assess the mental and physical acuity of elderly drivers in Japan.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post compares in readability to The New York Times.
It is likely to be understood by a reader who has at least a 10th-grade education (age 16).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 43.
The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.