Study on Older Drivers Aims to Change Conversation Around When to Give up the Wheel

Older drivers are now more likely to die on the road than any other age group in Australia.
Study on Older Drivers Aims to Change Conversation Around When to Give up the Wheel
Early morning traffic is seen on the Harbour Bridge in Sydney, Australia, on May 15, 2020. Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images
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The reasons behind why an older person does or doesn’t give up driving a vehicle is the subject of a new study by the University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC), which found individual factors surrounding health and lack of suitable infrastructure were the most common determiners.

UniSC researchers compiled two papers that have been subsequently published in major international health journals. It relies on data collected from 12 studies, involving 600 drivers from four countries over the pension age, as well as those that have chosen to stop driving, and a dozen drivers from the Sunshine Coast.

Jim Birchall
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Jim Birchall has written and edited for several regional New Zealand publications. He was most recently the editor of the Hauraki Coromandel Post.