THE ASPHALT INDENTIKIT: OLD AGE AND THE DRIVER'S LICENSE

A recent study of 50 older adults from a small community is used to explore the asphalt indentikit - possession of a valid driver's license and driving - and its use as a disidentifier of old age. Interview material is used to illustrate the substantive issues of identity that underlie the practical activitiy of driving. Resistance to giving up driving is strong even as self-imposed limits curtail the kind and amount of driving that is done. Older adults use and maintain this asphalt identikit to ward off the stigma of an old age identity.

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  Baywood Publishing Company

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  Amityville, NY  United States  11701
• Authors:
  • Eisenhandler, S A
• Publication Date: 1990

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 1-14
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Aging and Human Development
  • Volume: 30
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Baywood Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0091-4150

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Aged drivers; Driver licenses; Drivers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver age
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00607392
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1991 12:00AM