13 May 2012 /24-7PressRelease / -a new study by the trip, a group of national transportation research, considered the main accident and death rates across the country and finally determined that these rates increase as the age of drivers and that senior drivers will be a growing proportion of drivers such as age of the baby boom generation.
Travel study analyzed statistics conducted senior of all 50 States. He noted that 34 millions of drivers aged 65 or plu, make up about 16% of all licences. Illinois has the seventh largest population of pilots of superiors of the nation, for a total of nearly 1.3 million licensed drivers. At the national level, senior drivers are eight per cent of all kilometres driven in the country, but are involved in 17 percent of all motor vehicle accidents that cause a fatal accident.
More elderly people are remaining on the road
Researchers of travel is also recognizing the difference between pilots baby boomers, who currently turning 65 and their elderly parents. 65 Baby boomers have the intention to use their cars and remain independent, at the age of 65 years their parents were more likely to hang keys and depend on family and friends to help them move. This difference, it is imperative to integrate additional security measures in the construction of roads and the licensing requirements to ensure that all users of the road are safe, as the main driving population ages and increases in number.
Improving safety for all
Researchers travel recommend a variety of changes in roads and licence renewal process to ensure that senior drivers continue to be safe drivers. Signalling better lighting, larger and simpler, broader left lanes, lanes merge more than shift and rumble strips along roads help all drivers stay safe. Better assessment of vision and the reaction time of the senior drivers should be included in the renewal of the licence and the best options of public transport should be developed, according to the study.
Currently, Florida, Pennsylvania, and the Tennessee have senior task driving forces, dedicated to the improvement of higher driving safety. Illinois made an attempt to meet the unique needs of senior drivers with the driving Super Seniors voluntary program, which provides education from class of the rules of the road and vision screening for senior drivers. However, the State should consider also to implement some of the recommendations that travel can improve road safety of physics and overall usability.
Baby boomers began to contribute to a boom in the main population of conduct and measures should be taken to ensure that the transition to the main is safe. If you or a close was the victim of an accident involving a main driver, please contact an experienced lawyer of bodily harm to explore your legal options.
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