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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 ]
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.
Lewis Morgenstern has made up his mind. When he turns 65 in four years, he’s going to sign an advance directive for driving. The directive will say that when his children want him to stop ...
Miss stop signs, highway signs or other traffic indicators Become confused when unexpected or unfamiliar things happen while you drive Have difficulty making out objects that are few feet away
Running away from home is considered a crime in some jurisdictions, but it is usually a status offense punished with probation, or not punished at all. [16] Giving aid or assistance to a runaway instead of turning them in to the police is a more serious crime called "harboring a runaway", and is typically a misdemeanor .
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 ...
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 ...
In Australia and in the European Union, lamps of the emergency stop signal may emit amber or red light. [12] [11] It is assumed that EBD is very efficient. [10] EU vehicles might have the emergency stop signal (ESS) and/or rear-end collision alert signal (RECAS) both defined by unece regulation #48 [13] but this signal is optional. [11]