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​There are ways to gauge whether you can still safely drive, and transportation alternatives if you need to delegate driving.

You can also ask the patient about ADLs, basic tasks such as feeding, dressing, grooming, and bathing, IADL, and more complex tasks that include driving, and using public transportation. 

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The TRB Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program's BTSCRP Research Report 4: Promoting Older Driver Safety: Guide for State Practices provides guidance for SHSOs to enhance older driver safety.

Here are some tips for senior motorists to remain responsible and safe commuters.

As we age, we experience a steady decline in certain skills that are important for safe driving. Around age 55, there is a gradual decrease in our ability to process information to remember and to judgments in traffic situations.

As we get older, we start to experience changes inside and out. From our sight and hearing to our memory and motor skills, these changes can affect our everyday lives including how we drive and our ability to drive safely.

Here are some helpful tips on how to make this conversation as easy and successful as possible.

The tool presents data on people 65 and older involved in fatal traffic crashes, and is modeled after the information presented in the Older Population facts sheet. This is the ninth in a series of data visualization tools. 

When families and older adults plan ahead for community mobility, they have the most choices and the most power.