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The DMV is requiring people 70 and older to take an in-person test and eye exam. Some say it's discrimination, writes columnist Steve Lopez.
When frailty is accounted for and older drivers are compared to younger persons driving the same amount the over-representation disappears. [5] According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a senior citizen is more likely than a younger driver to be at fault in an accident in which they are involved. [6]
Older drivers involved in serious crashes are more likely to have failed to look properly than motorists of all ages, new research suggests. ...
Generation. Average annual young driver fatalities. Average fatal crash involvement rate per 100k licensed drivers. Gen X (1994-1995) 3,399. 67.6. Millennials (1996-2011)
There are demographic differences in crash rates. For example, although young people tend to have good reaction times, disproportionately more young male drivers feature in collisions, [41] with researchers observing that many exhibit behaviors and attitudes to risk that can place them in more hazardous situations than other road users. [39]
This makes motor vehicle collisions the leading cause of death among young adults of 15–29 years of age (360,000 die a year) and the ninth most frequent cause of death for all ages worldwide. [3] In the United States, 40,100 people died and 2.8 million were injured in crashes in 2017, [4] and around 2,000 children under 16 years old die every ...
Younger drivers, motorcyclists and people under the influence are more likely to end up in fatal speeding accidents. (About 43% of deadly speed-related crashes involve alcohol.) (About 43% of ...
The premature mortality of young drivers who crash as a result of distracted driving has a greater effect on YLL than most diseases do. [24] Research by the Transport Research Laboratory showed that texting while driving slowed a driver's reaction time more so than drinking alcohol or using drugs. Driver's reaction times decreased by 46% while ...