According to the textbook aging drivers have problems with reduced reactions time, night vision deterioration and needs longer time to read signs. The textbook says that these drivers compensate by blaming their age for crashes. Also law are lax and don’t require older drivers to retest when renew their driver’s license. I have seen some bad car crashes caused by seniors who didn’t want to give up their independence. At 80 years old my great grandfather who had Alzheimer was given his driver’s license. I believe if you have severe health complications you should not be given a license to drive, or least time…
One benefit of implementing a maximum driving age is that would lower the risk of traffic accident. Generally, elderly drivers may cause much more traffic accidents. For instances, In 2003, a 70-year-old man drove into booths at a farmers market in Florida, and six people were injured. This elderly driver make this traffic accident happened directly, and he has the main responsibility for this accident. Besides,…
among older drivers, states need to ensure the safety of our streets and highways by passing…
Advanced age affects the safety of the roads because when we age, our senses do not work as they did when they…
Currently there is an extremely important issue that the public should understand more about due to its enormous impact on many citizens. This issue pertains to the safety concern surrounding the elderly while operating a motor vehicle past the age of 70 years old. This debate whether old people should be allowed to drive is often brought up by younger drivers, the reality is that all able bodied people who are physically and mentally healthy should be able to drive but as we grow older it is inevitable that our health will decrease. There are many different arguments on this subject and seems to be a widely spoken debate amongst road users regarding each of their opinions on the possible changes to be made addressing this concern. We can examine the argument by first generally summarizing each side of the argument and their position with supporting evidence of each sides common claims.…
Often times if one asks another what age group they think is the most dangerous drivers one would say teenagers. Lately there have been many reports claiming that these thoughts are no longer true and that elderly drivers are considered the most dangerous age group on the road. The Washington Post said that in the age group sixty- five and over have accounted for “sixteen percent of all traffic deaths and eight percent of the injured, but they accounted for thirteen percent of the population.” With statistics so high why is there no questions being asked about the ability the elderly have to drive. Research shows that the older one gets the worse their vision and hearing can get these are two key senses you need when driving. The loss of these two senses can be the difference between life and death on the road. Death rates for drivers begin to climb after age sixty-five, according to a recent study by Carnegie Mellon University. The elderly should have to prove to the Registry of Motor Vehicles that they are capable of driving by retesting, completing and passing a drivers education course, or putting an age limit on how old one can be until one they are considered no longer able to drive.…
On this personal issue i do not agree with changing the minimum driving age. Many teens look forward to getting to drive. It wouldn't be the right thing to do. No i don't think the minimum driving age should be changed. If are legislature changed the minimum driving age we would have to have a lot more transportation for schools. Students wouldn't be aloud to drive to school. If are legislature changed the driving age they would be taking away the only freedom they have. It would also be hard for parents to get there kids from after school activity's. Some parents need there kids to be able to run places for them lick picking up siblings. They also may need them to go to the store to pick things up for them. They…
I think that elderly people should get free rides because they don’t don’t have jobs to get money for the buses that they have to ride if they don’t have a car so I think that elderly’s should get free rides because they can’t do a lot of stuff like the younger people that have job unlike the elderly people were they don’t have jobs that they can’t do maybe because they have fingers they have displaced or they have something else that they can't do that job or any other jobs.…
Wilson, Kevin A. "What to do about Elderly Drivers: Part 1 of 2; Everyday, we are all getting older. With better health care, life expectancy is rising. For a population that has enjoyed the personal freedom the automobile offers, a potential danger looms. (Special Report)." AutoWeek 57.14 (April 2, 2007): 20. Student Edition. Thomson Gale. Clemson University.…
Driving is a serious things. It’s very dangerous. Some people want to raise the age limit on driving. What do you think?…
According to the National Traffic Highway Safety Administration by 2011, the very first Baby Boomers will be 65 years old. By 2025, nearly one in five drivers will be 65 or older. Right now there are a estimated 30 million 65 or older licensed drivers. Looking even further ahead, the number of licensed drivers over age 65 is set to double in 2030, to 57 million.…
The debate of whether old people should be allowed to drive is often brought up by younger drivers, the reality is that all able bodied people who are healthy should be able to drive but as old age arrives it is inevitable our health will decrease.…
The real problem is people who does not know the rules for driving on the road ! I know young people age 17 that can drive better than a 50 year old adult, because study show that younger people have better eyesight than older people. Driving is deadly for all age groups and the age for driving shouldn't even be raise by one year, instead we should maybe let the adults know that everyone who is on the road is responsible. So age does not matter but having responsibilities and knowing what to do when you're on the road is.…
In conclusion, the statistics against drivers who are between the ages of fifteen and twenty are overwhelmingly treacherous, but with a few easy guidelines, “you too can prevent car…
While it’s true that elderly people have a lot more experience than the younger drivers on the road today, they also have a lot more health issues that could cause an accident. With age comes diminishing eye sight, hearing, and especially reflexive response. I agree with the laws today that state people over a certain age are required to re-take the drivers license test.…