Top 10 Questions For Every Senior Citizen Driver

I get a lot of questions about how to talk to a loved one about driving. I have heard and seem horrible stories when a person refuses to give up their keys or when a loved ones waits too long to have the talk with their loved one. What do you do? What should you know?

Changes can often occur in your loved ones driving capabilities. Some of the common ones are vision loss, hearing loss, slower reaction times, illness. There are important questions to consider.

If you can answer yes to just one of the questions below, it could be time to take your elder to get off the road.

Top 10 Questions

1. Is the person driving less because he or she is no longer as confident about driving?

2. Does the driver have reduced peripheral vision, even if he or she can otherwise see 20/20 with corrective lenses?

3. Does he or she do well driving locally but struggle at higher speeds ?

4. Has he or she been in an accident that was his or her fault?

5. Is the driver hitting curbs, missing turns or putting pedestrians at risk?

6. Do other drivers honk when this person is at the wheel?

7. Does the driver say that cars or pedestrians seem to appear out of nowhere?

8. Have family, friends or doctors expressed concerns about the person’s driving?

9. Does the driver get lost easily, even is familiar areas?

10.Is the person a competent driver during the day but incompetent at night?