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Here are a few suggestions that can help you evaluate your parents' driving and ease them out from behind the wheel when the time is right. Savvy Senior: Should your elderly parent stop driving ...
Morgenstern has given a lot of thought to the often-divisive issue of when to stop driving. ... and not driving at night. Still, risks for older drivers rise with advancing age and the onset of ...
Driving is said to help older adults stay mobile and independent, but as their age increases the risk of potentially injuring themselves or others significantly increases as well. In 2019, drivers 65 years and older accounted for 8,760 motor vehicle traffic deaths, and 205,691 non-fatal accidents. [ 4 ]
A common problem for the elderly is the question of when a medical condition or biological aging presents a serious enough problem that one should stop driving. In some cases, this means giving up some personal independence, but in urban areas often means relying more on public transportation .
Aging is inevitable and can impact all facets of a person’s life, including their time on the road. “Most older people are capable and have a lifetime of valuable driving experience.
The law decrees that when a person who is aged 70 and over drives a car and if their old age could affect the driving, they should endeavor to display this mark on both the front and rear of the car. Drivers aged 75 and over are obliged to display the mark. Conversely, the green and yellow shoshinsha mark (also called wakaba mark) denotes new ...
Nissan is urging the owners of about 84,000 older vehicles to stop driving them because their Takata air bag inflators have an increased risk of exploding in a crash and hurling dangerous metal ...
The laws regulating driving (or "distracted driving") may be subject to primary enforcement or secondary enforcement by state, county or local authorities. [1]All state-level cell phone use laws in the United States are of the "primary enforcement" type — meaning an officer may cite a driver for using a hand-held cell phone without any other traffic offense having taken place — except in ...