A GRADED LICENSE FOR SPECIAL OLDER DRIVERS: PREMISE AND GUIDELINES

This study was designed to develop guidelines that might be used by states and provinces in implementation or expansion or existing programs of graded drivers' licenses for older persons. Focus group discussions with older drivers in the United States and Canada and selected driver licensing administrators served as the basis for this report. The report provides special guidance in four basic areas: (1) Identification of who should be a candidate for graded licenses; (2) Conditions rather than restrictions for issuance of graded licenses; (3) Implementation procedures for initiating or expanding a graded license program; and (4) Evaluation of how effective such a program would be in helping older drivers maintain mobility as long as they safely do so. Part I presents the rationale for the study and the ways in which the guidelines were developed. Part II presents the guidelines.

• Corporate Authors:

  Columbia University

  367 Franklin Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  11010

  AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety

  607 14th Street, NW, Suite 201
  Washington, DC    20005
• Authors:
  • Malfetti, J L
  • Winter, D J
• Publication Date: 1990

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 79 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged drivers; Driver licenses; Driver licensing; Guidelines; Interviewing; Measures of effectiveness; Mobility; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness
• Geographic Terms: Canada; United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Graded driver licenses
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I10: Economics and Administration; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00493678
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1990 12:00AM