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https://onlinepubs.trb.or...trcircular/429/429-007.pdf

Among a large segment of the public the best way to deal with drivers whose capabilities are diminished by age is to "get them off the road". In many cases this is indeed the only safe solution to the problem. However, in many more cases it is not. Where driving deficiencies themselves cannot be ameliorated their danger to the public can be moderated by altering the kind and amount of driving permitted. Such alterations are sought through the following corrective processes: license restriction; rehabilitation; education, counseling, and alternative transportation; and training. This paper examines license restrictions, describing the problem giving rise to the process, the needs that the process must satisfy, and the actions that must be taken to meet those needs.

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00662873

English

p. 15-17

1994-7

Transportation Research Circular

Digital/other

References

Aged drivers; Driver licenses; Driver licensing; Highway safety

Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor

TRIS, TRB

Jul 21 1994 12:00AM

• EDUCATION, COUNSELING, AND FORMS OF SUPPORT
• FUNCTIONING OF MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARDS AND PHYSICIAN REPORTING
• IMPROVING THE ABILITY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TO IDENTIFY AND REFER DEFICIENT DRIVERS
• MEDICAL EVALUATION
• PHYSICIAN REPORTING
• REHABILITATION OF ELDERLY DRIVERS
• SCREENING FOR DRIVING PERFORMANCE
• SCREENING OF DRIVERS' FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES
• SELECTION AND TRAINING OF LICENSING PERSONNEL
• THE LICENSING OF OLDER DRIVERS. INTRODUCTION
• TRAINING ELDERLY DRIVERS
• USE OF TRAFFIC RECORDS TO IDENTIFY HIGH RISK DRIVERS
• VISION SCREENING