THE FREEDOM OF THE OPEN ROAD: DRIVING AND OLDER ADULTS

The traffic safety community, as well as the public at large, has long recognized that older adults are at elevated risk of being killed or injured in a motor vehicle crash. The concern for the risks of older drivers is magnified by the anticipation that their numbers will increase over the coming decades. While concern over older driver safety issues remains high, in recent years concerns over the mobility of older adults also have increased. In particular, the current generation of elders has lived primarily in suburban areas and has been dependent upon the automobile for satisfaction of its daily transportation needs. This article discusses how agencies concerned with the welfare of older adults have recently been able to combine the goals of safety and mobility by including safe, dependable transportation assistance among their services.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Society on Aging

  833 Market Street, Suite 511
  San Francisco, CA  United States  94103-1824
• Authors:
  • McKnight, A J
• Publication Date: 2003

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 25-31
• Serial:
  • Generations
  • Volume: 27
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: American Society on Aging
  • ISSN: 0738-7806

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Aged drivers; Demand responsive transportation; High risk drivers; Highway safety; Mobility; Suburbs; Transportation disadvantaged persons; Transportation planning
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00968052
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 5 2004 12:00AM