Health care providers can be vital in helping older road users recognize when it might be time to change their driving habits, seek a driving assessment to identify adaptations to their car and driving, or planning for the future.
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What Is Your Role In Talking About Older Road User Safety — National (03/23/2021)
Source: Professional AssociationOlder 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.
Keeping Your Mobility With CarFit — National (02/11/2021)
Source: For Profit OrganizationCarfit is an educational program that provides information explaining a range of vehicle safety features and offers guidance on how to adjust those features to optimize the benefit of individual body size and stature.
How to Use Rideshare Apps — National (02/01/2021)
Source: Nonprofit OrganizationLearn to use a rideshare app to help cut down on your driving.
Starting the Conversation—Your Loved Ones Driving — National (02/01/2021)
Source: Nonprofit OrganizationAs a loved one to an older driver, you have an important task ahead. Start a conversation about safe driving with your older loved one.
Older Drivers and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems — National (12/01/2020)
Source: ExpertThis research brief describes the efforts to address questions on driver perception of and learning methods for advanced driver assistance systems using data from AAA Longitudinal Research on Aging Drivers (AAA LongROAD) studies.
Maintaining mobility and preventing disability are key to living independently as we age — National (11/30/2020)
Source: Nonprofit OrganizationAs we age, we may experience changes in our mobility. there are many reasons for these changes including changes to gait (how we walk) balance, and physical strength. NIA researchers are testing ways to prevent or reverse loss of mobility.
Planifi cación del transporte para con ductores mayores — National (10/09/2020)
Source: US Department of TransportationLo guía a través de los pasos para desarrollar su plan de transporte.
Tennessee: Senior Safety Program — Tennessee (09/16/2020)
Source: Professional AssociationTennessee’s Traffic Safety website offers information for senior drivers and links to senior driver public transportation throughout the state.