Older Driver Safety Awareness Week Highlights Options for Aging Drivers

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December 14th, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – Older Driver Safety Awareness Week is an important week to highlight the role of transportation and mobility in keeping older adults active in their communities.

One of the toughest decisions we’ll have to make is deciding when to move out of the driver’s seat and into the passenger’s seat. That’s why the American Occupational Therapy Association created Older Driver Safety Awareness Week, to help us, as we age, make the right choices.

“It was both the need to try to help people find the right sources at the right time. And also to be able to access these tools that have been developed and were for their benefit,” said AOTA’s Elin Davis.

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Article written by WSFA 12 News.