AARPs 5 Ways to Make Your Car More Accessible is a good starting point in the process of learning what you can add to your vehicle. An occupational therapist can help you find the safest and appropriate gear to help with your mobility.
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5 Ways to Make Your Car More Accessible — National (02/09/2022)
Source: Nonprofit OrganizationDriving to Independence — Arizona (07/27/2021)
Source: Nonprofit OrganizationDriving To Independence offers a comprehensive driver evaluation and training program.
Driver Assistance Technology Overview — National (05/17/2021)
Source: Nonprofit OrganizationWe discuss blind spot warning, forward collision warning, automatic emergency braking and pedestrian automatic emergency braking. Engineering Explained’s Jason Fenske explains these driver assistance technologies
Older Adults, New Mobility, and Automated Vehicles: A Framework for Harnessing Emerging Technology for Individual and Societal Benefit — National (02/17/2021)
Source: Nonprofit OrganizationWith older adults having fewer transportation options than their younger counterparts automated vehicles are often viewed as one technology that can extend an older adults ability to remain independently mobile.
How to Use Rideshare Apps — National (02/01/2021)
Source: Nonprofit OrganizationLearn to use a rideshare app to help cut down on your driving.
Top 25 New Cars for Senior Drivers — National (02/22/2018)
Source: State Agency/ProgramSenior drivers and others with limited mobility need a car that’s easy to get into and out of, with controls that are easy to reach and intuitive to use.
7 Simple Adjustments to Help Older Adults Drive Safer — Virginia (10/14/2017)
Source: Nonprofit Organizationthe number of older drivers on our roads is increasing and changes in vision, flexibility, strength, range of motion and height may reduce an older adult's control behind the wheel.
Designing In-Vehicle Technologies for Older Drivers — National (03/01/2009)
Source: Nonprofit OrganizationNew in-vehicle systems must be designed for users who receive no training in how to use them and whose cognitive and sensory abilities vary.
My Car Does What? — National
Source: Nonprofit OrganizationMy Car Does What is a national campaign to help educate drivers on new vehicle safety technologies designed to help prevent crashes.
Social Service Transportation Planning — California
Source: State Agency/ProgramThe Mobility Coordinator works with all the transportation providers in San Luis Obispo County to find ways for people who don't have access to their own transportation or who are unable to us public transportation, get around the community.