AGED DRIVERS
DEFINITION: (Driving): "One of the common consequences of growing older is a reduction in the skills necessary to operate a motor vehicle safely."
(Aging. Salem Press, 2000)
NARROW THE TOPIC:
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How can the existing transportation network meet the needs of seniors less willing and able to drive?
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What should be the criteria to require seniors to relinquish their driver's licenses?
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What are the effects of aging on driving ability?
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How can each person's differing abilities be taken into consideration?
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What modifications or new technologies could automobile manufacturers make for aging drivers?
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What changes can be made to highways to make them safer for aged drivers?
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How does Alzheimer's disease effect driving ability?
LINCC SUBJECT HEADINGS: Traffic Accidents; Automobile Driving -- Aged; Older automobile drivers; Accidents, Traffic -- Aged
SPECIALIZED SOURCES SHELVED IN THE REFERENCE COLLECTION:
| Aging | REF HQ 1061 .A42453 2000 v.1 "Driving" |
| Encyclopedia of Gerontology | REF RC 952.5 .E58 2007 "Driving Behavior" |
| Encyclopedia of Aging | REF HQ 1061 .E53 1995 "Transportation" |
| Encyclopedia of Aging | REF HQ 1061 .E534 2002 v.1 "Driving Ability" |
| Encyclopedia of Health & Aging | REF RA 777.6 .E534 2007 "Driving" |
AVAILABLE AT THE REFERENCE DESK:
Issues and Controversies (Facts on File) "Elderly Driver Restrictions" May 10, 2002
At Issue: How Should Society Address the Needs of the Elderly (also in the Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (Gale) Database)
Current Controversies: Elderly (also in the Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (Gale) Database)
STATISTICS:
Statistical Abstract of the United States (also at Reference Desk)
Information Plus: Transportation: America's Lifeline; Growing Old in America (Reference Desk) (also in the Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (Gale) Database)
Gallup Poll: Public Opinion REF HN 90 .P8 G35 "Elderly Drivers"
Older Americans: A Changing Market: The American Generations Series REF HQ1064 .U5 O43 p. 60-62
ELECTRONIC INDEXES:
| Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) | Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale) | OmniFile Full Text Select Edition (Wilson) |
| Health and Wellness Resource Center (Gale) | CQ Researcher Plus Archive (CQ Press) |
FULL-TEXT NEWSPAPERS: America's Newspapers (NewsBank)
INTERNET SITES:
| Surface Transportation Policy Project: Aging Americans: Stranded Without Options | http://www.transact.org/report.asp?id=232 |
| American Association of Retired Persons: Driver Safety Program | http://www.aarp.org/drive/about.html |
| Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles: Effects of Aging.. | http://www.hsmv.state.fl.us/ddl/atriskdriver.pdf |
| American Association of Retired Persons | http://www.aarp.org/families/driver_safety/ |
| National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
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