Safe Drivers or Roadway Hazords

Driving is a critical issue for seniors and for this country. Right now older drivers are more likely to get in multiple vehicle accidents than younger drivers, including teenagers. The elderly are also more likely to get traffic citations for failing to yield, turning improperly, and running red lights and stop signs, and indications of decreased driving ability.

These simple facts about elderly drivers should scare anyone into wanting senior citizens to retest for their driving license. It would be a simple test to prove if the senior citizen is capable of continuing to drive. If they are not safe drivers, then they are endangering other and themselves on the roadways. For Americans driving is an important independence and part of life for most. It may be very difficult to hand over the keys to ones own car. On the opposing side of this argument some may say by giving up senior citizens right to drive will be getting rid of their freedom. However, if senior citizens must limit or give up driving, they can still get around. Possibilities include walking, carpooling, catching a ride with friends and family, taking a taxi, bus or train, and using senior transit services.

Full range of motion is very important in driving. Arthritis, muscle degeneration, Parkinson’s disease, and other health problems can decrease the ability to perform all the movements of driving and to respond quickly to emergencies.

Hearing loss makes drivers less able to hear important cues – honking horns, screeching tires, emergency sirens – while driving. This is a problem especially for people who are unaware their hearing is going, people who lost their hearing recently, and people whose hearing is consta

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