Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of ECU News Services. The author of this post is Crystal Baity. An ECU occupational therapy student works with a participant in the driving simulator in the College of Allied Health Sciences in 2018. | Photo: Cliff Hollis As baby boomers age, some are outliving their ability to drive. That's why it's important to have a transportation plan, and East Carolina University occupational therapists are helping older drivers plan for continued independence — with or without a driver's license. Dr. Anne Dickerson, professor of occupational therapy who has studied driving more than 25 years, believes vehicles mean much more to baby boomers than just transportation. The baby-boom generation, those born from 1946-1964, was the first to use motor vehicles for social networking — think Sunday drives, drive-in theaters and restaurants.