Senior drivers who take sleeping pills at higher risk for crashes
Senior drivers who take sleeping pills are at higher risk for vehicle crashes.
Medications and Medical Conditions Impact on Driving
Senior drivers taking opioid painkillers have higher crash risk
Senior drivers who’d been using opioid painkillers regularly for several months also had higher odds of getting into accidents, study shows.
Residual Effects of Hypnotic Drugs in Aging Drivers
Research was conducted to measure the effect of hypnotic drugs on driving performance in aging drivers.
Psychoactive Medications and Injurious Motor Vehicle Collisions Involving Older Drivers
Older drivers have the second highest risk for motor vehicle collisions of any age group, after adolescents. Psychoactive medications may place older drivers at increased risk for injurious motor vehicle collisions.
Medical Review Practices For Driver Licensing Volume 1
A Case Study of Guidelines and Processes in Seven U.S. States.
Turning Over the Keys: Medical Fitness and Aging Drivers
This AAA report was presented at the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators Annual (AAMVA) International Conference in 2011.