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 ...

Our legislators in Tallahassee sometimes come up with the weirdest ideas. The latest is a so-called crackdown on the driver's licenses of people 75 years of age or older. The new legislation would ...

Are older drivers safe on the road? Teenagers lead the way when it comes to fatal and injury crashes, while older drivers are becoming even safer on the road than in past years, thanks in part to ...

Seated with a cane at her side, 86-year-old Patricia Mackin waited patiently inside a suburban senior citizens’ driver’s services facility to be called to take her road test, a requirement for people ...

After months in limbo, a proposal ending road tests for Illinois seniors is gaining steam, thanks in part to pressure from older voters. In an 8-1 decision last week, Illinois House Transportation: ...

One of the last barriers to ageism in Illinois — driver’s license tests for senior citizens — may be coming down. Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias wants to hike the age at which drivers must take ...

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Once again, it has become clear that the letters D, M and V are like magic beans. Toss them into the public square, and the harvest begins immediately. Earlier this week, I asked if a behind-the-wheel ...