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  1. Medical Review Practices For Driver Licensing Volume 1 — District of Columbia (10/01/2016)

    Source: US Department of Transportation

    A Case Study of Guidelines and Processes in Seven U.S. States. 

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  2. Driving Simulator Training Is Associated with Reduced Inhibitory Workload in Older Drivers — National (07/04/2016)

    Source: Expert

    In demanding cognitive tasks, older people mostly experience more problems than younger people, and their brain workload is higher. 

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  3. Driving Task: How Older Drivers' On-Road Driving Performance Relates to Abilities, Perceptions, and Restrictions — National (06/01/2016)

    Source: US Department of Transportation

    This study examined a cohort of 227 older drivers and investigated the relationship between performance on the electronic Driver Observation Schedule (eDOS) driving task.

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  4. Automatic Emergency Braking Systems Are About to Be Everywhere — District of Columbia (05/01/2016)

    Source: Professional Association

    NHTSA predicts that most automakers’ acceptance of the challenge will make AEB standard on new cars three years faster than could be achieved through the formal regulatory process. And the feature could be arriving sooner than 2022.

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  5. U.S. Population Aging Slower than Other Countries, Census Bureau Reports — National (03/28/2016)

    Source: Expert

    America’s 65-and-over population is projected to nearly double over the next three decades, ballooning from 48 million to 88 million by 2050. 

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  6. Infographic: 3 Tips to Stop a Person with Dementia From Driving When Reasoning Didn’t Work — National (01/19/2016)

    Source: Nonprofit Organization

    The Alzheimer’s blog posted an infographic (via www.alz.org) with 3 tips on how to stop a person with dementia from driving when reasoning with them hasn’t worked.

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  7. How to Understand and Influence an Older Driver — National (07/01/2013)

    Source: US Department of Transportation

    NHTSA offers an e-booklet on how to understand and the influence of older drivers on its website.

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  8. Driving with Parkinson’s Disease — National (06/20/2013)

    Source: US Department of Transportation

    NHTSA’s video on driving with Parkinson’s disease discusses how the illness affects body movements and can cause body tremors which both could affect driving safely. 

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  9. Driving with Diabetes — National (06/20/2013)

    Source: US Department of Transportation

    This video created by NHTSA shows how driving with diabetes can increasingly become more difficult and impossible to continue.

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  10. Driving with Alzheimer’s Disease — National (06/20/2013)

    Source: US Department of Transportation

    NHTSA’s video on driving with Alzheimer’s disease and other serious forms of dementia shows how difficult it is to drive safely when a senior is affected by one of these illnesses. 

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