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Canadian Agency Studies Impact of Maturing Drivers

Tue, 04/11/2000 - 11:00pm — Karen Stevenson
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The Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators (CCMTA) held a national workshop last October on Maturing Drivers. Their 'Project Group on Maturing Drivers' will be assessing and compiling the workshop's deliberations into a report, discussing issues such as:

The need to strike a balance between the right of an individual to continue to drive and protection of the public good by ensuring that roads are safe.

Testing standards may need to be reviewed and adapted to fairly assess a maturing driver's performance.

The loss of a drivers license is a potentially traumatic experience which may lead to huge change in lifestyle.
Vehicles and road signs may need to be re-designed with an older population in mind.

It hoped that the work of the CCMTA project group will lead to the development of a national model licensing program for maturing drivers by provincial/territorial governments. The project report will be approved at the upcoming meeting in June.

The Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators (CCMTA) held a national workshop last October on Maturing Drivers. Their 'Project Group on Maturing Drivers' will be assessing and compiling the workshop's deliberations into a report, discussing issues such as:

The need to strike a balance between the right of an individual to continue to drive and protection of the public good by ensuring that roads are safe.

Testing standards may need to be reviewed and adapted to fairly assess a maturing driver's performance.

The loss of a drivers license is a potentially traumatic experience which may lead to huge change in lifestyle.
Vehicles and road signs may need to be re-designed with an older population in mind.

It hoped that the work of the CCMTA project group will lead to the development of a national model licensing program for maturing drivers by provincial/territorial governments. The project report will be approved at the upcoming meeting in June.