Starting in July 2025, the U.S. Department of Transportation will implement a new law aimed at elderly driving.With the number of senior drivers steadily increasing, the law seeks to ensure road ...
To the editor: It's great that the state's Department of Motor Vehicles has dropped the written tests for most drivers 70 and older. Although I have passed this test every time, I find that some of ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The Illinois House unanimously passed a bill Wednesday to raise the mandatory senior drivers test age from 75 to 87. Drivers 79 and older would be required to renew their ...
MAKE THESE DIFFICULT DECISIONS. I FELT LIKE I WAS BEING SET UP TO FAIL. 76 YEAR OLD FRANCIS BREW WAS FORCED TO STOP DRIVING. MY DRIVING IS FINE, SHE TOLD HER DOCTOR ABOUT BEING EXTREMELY TIRED WHEN ...
Young drivers must be a certain age to get a license — but it is less clear when older adults should hang up the keys. Between 2020 and 2021, the number of motor vehicle deaths involving adults 65 and ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A bill unanimously passed by the Senate on Thursday and on its way to Gov. JB Pritzker's desk will increase the age that senior drivers in Illinois are required to take an annual ...
When should someone with dementia stop driving? My 83-year-old father has some dementia issues but still drives himself around town pretty well. — Concerned Daughter Most doctors agree that people ...