Regulating Older Drivers Are New Policies Needed?

• Main Author: Loughran, David S. (auth)
• Other Authors: Seabury, Seth A. (auth), Zakaras, Laura (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2007
• Subjects: Civil codes / Civil law; Terrorism, armed struggle; Law; Political Science
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Are older drivers posing increasing risk to the public? If so, what public policies might mitigate that risk? Older drivers (those 65 and older) are slightly likelier than drivers aged 25 to 64 to cause an accident, but drivers aged 15 to 24 are nearly three times likelier than older drivers to do s...