Resources on Safe Driving

Source: AARP.org |  | March 1, 2006

• AAA Foundation for Transportation Safety — This site delivers pointers to help you recognize and handle the trickiest traffic situations that older drivers encounter. Plus, you'll find tips on fitness, driving skills and preparing for long-distance trips to make your time behind the wheel more enjoyable. 
• New York State Office for the Aging — Ever wonder exactly how aging affects your driving? The site delivers a handbook that explains the warning signs of aging's effects on older drivers and provides plenty of tips to cope with leaving the wheel. It also provides links to information and help for older drivers. 
• Oregon Department of Transportation's Driver & Motor Vehicle Services — Take a peek at how one state is developing regulations to generate better alerts from doctors and motor vehicle offices when an older driver is unfit to drive.
• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
• SaferCar.gov (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
• Status report: "Older Drivers Up Close: They Aren't Dangerous Except Maybe to Themselves". (PDF file)
• Area Agencies on Aging
  
• SeniorDrivers.org
  
• Family Conversations with Older Drivers
• A Practical Guide to Alzheimer's, Dementia and Driving
• The Association for Driver Rehabilitation Specialists
• Occupational Therapy and Driving
• Physician's Guide to Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers
• National Institute on Aging (information on older drivers)
• Alzheimer's Association Fact Sheet on Alzheimer's and Driving (PDF file)

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AARP Resources

"Older Driver Skill Assessment and Resource Guide: Creating Mobility Choices" (stock number D14957)

AARP has developed this useful handbook to help older drivers to assess their own driving skills through focused questions, ideas, and self-tests. Single copies may be obtained by writing to:

AARP Fulfillment
P.O. Box 96796
Washington, DC 20090-6796

Be sure to specify Stock #D14957 when ordering. Please allow 4 to 6 weeks for delivery.