Elderly driving and car accidents: Let’s focus on prevention before the accident - not after

I had the pleasure to sit down this week with Noah Ovshinsky, a news reporter for WDET, to discuss the growing problem of elderly drivers causing car accidents on the roads. Obviously, this is a problem in all 50 states. But Michigan is an older state, with an estimated one in six drivers over the age of 65 by the year 2020, so the issue is of particular concern here.

Of even greater concern is that while Michigan has been engaged on the issue of teen driving,  including passing a new law on teen driving on March 30, 2011, the growing problem of elderly drivers is being ignored.

And that is a problem. By miles driven, teen drivers have the highest fatality rate, but elderly drivers come in at No. 2.

A Michigan drivers license reexamination

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