Driving for senior citizens is a real paradox. Driving helps to maintain the autonomy of senior citizens, but advanced age is perceived as a major risk factor on the road by other road users. Driving is a task that requires perceptive, motor and cognitive skills. And as the years go by, these abilities can diminish. A procedure for notifying loved ones has recently been launched to prevent accidents caused by people with diminishing abilities. Read all about it!
The issue of driving for senior citizens regularly sparks debate and controversy in France. It’s a delicate subject, as it touches on sensitive issues such as the stigmatization of the elderly, individual autonomy and road safety. While a driver’s license is a fundamental right, the issue of how to manage it among the elderly seems to raise a number of questions, between the need for common-sense measures and the fear of age discrimination.
Summary
- Genesis and reasons for the debate: “Stigmatization” or “Common sense measure”?
- Withdrawal of senior citizens’ driving licenses: “Denunciation”, the word is out
- Withdrawing seniors’ driving licenses: a transfer of burden to relatives?
- Driving: a fundamental activity for senior citizens
- Aging: what impact on driving?
- Seniors: what are their driving abilities?
- Road safety: bringing seniors up to speed
- Lifetime driving license: the French exception
- License-free car: the senior vehicule of tomorrow?
- Future driving solutions for seniors
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