elderly driver dangers

What should be done to keep elderly drivers and others safe on the road? As society as a whole gets to be older and more older people are on the road, the safety for the older driver and the other motorists is becoming a problem we are all going to face. The 'baby boomer' generation is getting older. There are many alternatives to the problem but which one is the best? We need to take …

…this test would be mandatory. A mandatory test should be given for elderly drivers between 65-75 with questionable driving records. These changes can be implemented over the next four years. In order to see if these changes are doing well, statistics of senior citizens driving records from 2000-2004 can be compared to those of 1995-1999. If the number of accidents and citations has gone down the state governments will know that the changes have worked.