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Aug
13

Seniors and Driving:  Are They Safe?

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Seniors and Dri­ving:  Are They Safe?

There is often a lot of talk about the safety of seniors behind the wheel.  Some have argued that seniors make up the most dan­ger­ous age group of dri­vers.  Oth­ers stated that instead of man­dat­ing teens to dis­play decals, the senior dri­vers should be iden­ti­fied on the road­ways.  How­ever, accord­ing to recent stud­ies, seniors may be the SAFEST dri­vers on the roads.

Researchers say a dri­ver 70 or older is three times less likely to be killed in a crash than those 35 to 54.  Read more about senior dri­vers at

Older dri­vers safer: http://www.northjersey.com/news/state/99709069_Judge_drivers_by_ability__not_age.html

Comments

  1. Say No to Old Drivers says:

    I don’t believe this–have you seen the way seniors drive in Tom’s River????? Or in Florida????? I may not be the best dri­ver, but I’m bet­ter than them!!!!!

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