Keeping Senior Drivers Safe Requires Better Public Transit
Using alternate transportation and driving less can help older drivers keep themselves and others safe. But with many living on fixed incomes in car-dependent communities, how realistic is the NHTSA’s recommendation for a transportation plan ? December 14, 2020, 9am PST | Diana Ionescu |
Joseph Proudman
As part of its Older Driver Safety Awareness Week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recommends that older drivers prepare a transportation plan to reduce their driving and decrease their risk of traffic accidents. But for many Americans living in car-dependent areas, this is more easily said than done.
Updated: 9:03 AM EST December 11, 2020
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. As the population of Florida ages, along with it comes more senior drivers on the roadway.
From Dec. 7 - 11, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is recognizing Older Driver Safety Awareness Week. It s spearheaded by FDOT s Safe Mobility for Life Coalition, which hopes to use the week to inform Floridians about the different ways they can get where they need to go with or without a car.
FDOT says there are three main focuses for safe mobility:
Understand the impact aging has on driving
Be proactive as a driver, pedestrian, bicyclist or transit rider
Older Driver Safety Awareness Week highlights options for aging drivers By Bethany Davis | December 10, 2020 at 5:43 AM CST - Updated December 10 at 9:55 AM
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Older Driver Safety Awareness Week is an important week to highlight the role of transportation and mobility in keeping older adults active in their communities.
One of the toughest decisions we’ll have to make is deciding when to move out of the driver’s seat and into the passenger’s seat. That’s why the American Occupational Therapy Association created Older Driver Safety Awareness Week, to help us, as we age, make the right choices.