Medications and Medical Conditions Impact on Driving

NHTSA offers a video on Medical Conditions in Older Drivers. See how an older driver with medical conditions might have problems at the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) - and on the road. Learn how to help. 

Medscape/WebMD has resumed collaboration with NHTSA and has developed educational courses directed to healthcare professionals to enhance knowledge of the impacts of medical conditions, impairments on safe driving and the role they play.

Practitioner's toolkit- OT's role in driving rehab provides tools and resources that promote the growth of occupational therapy programs and services addressing safety mobility and participation in the community as drivers. 

The Clinician’s Guide to Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers, 4th Edition, is published by the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) as a service to healthcare providers involved in the care of older adults, which is free to register. 

AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has a database showing each state's Driver Licensing Policies and Practices affecting order and Medically- At-Risk drivers. 

Driving after a stroke is a complex issue because everyone has different secondary effects of stroke. Learn what signed to look for when determining if you can drive again after stroke. 

The Georgia Department of Public Health's 55+ Driver Safety Program hosted a brief series of pop-up presentations focused on aging road users. Here is the presentation recording of "Recognizing Dementia in Drivers for Law Enforcement."

This course is designed so that those involved in aging road user safety can gain the skills and knowledge to manage a successful and sustainable aging road user safety program. 

The program utilizes a public health approach to develop collaborative relationships and processes to determine appropriate education, environmental, policy interventions for health and safety professionals, as well as the public

Use this fact sheet to identify medicines that can put you at risk with potential side effects that can affect your driving, and questions to ask your doctors.