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According to the National High-
way Traffic Safety Administration,
older drivers as a group are more
responsible than the youngest
behind the wheel. Seniors reduce
the number of miles they drive, the
areas they drive in or limit the time
of day in which they drive. Howev-
NORINE ZIMMER
er, they do have higher crash rates
Special to The Jewish News
and more deaths per mile driven.
Experts in gerontology and high-
very time Ruth Aronsson's
way safety recognize the growing
80-year-old moth-
problem of older people
er-in-law climbed
Ruth A ronsson
who have become danger-
behind the wheel
help s her
ous drivers, but are unwill-
of a car, Aronsson feared for
mother -in-law ing to acknowledge it or
her mother-in-law's life and
into h er car.
simply don't recognize the
for her own.
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erosion of their abilities.
Aronsson became alarmed
There are several signals for driver
after her mother-in-law Bea was
concern, according Margaret Ces-
involved in a series of minor acci-
sante, occupational therapist and
dents.
driving instructor at Providence
Then Bea had trouble locating
Hospital's Center for Rehabilitation
very familiar places.
and Fitness. The center evaluates
"We would see her circling our
older drivers' driving capabilities.
block, not remembering which
For instance, driving is 90 per-
house was ours," said Aronsson.
cent vision and that changes with
The final straw was when Bea
age. Taking longer to process and
couldn't find her apartment building
react to what's happening, confu-
— McDonnel Towers in Southfield
sion, disorientation, and doing a lot
— and took a stranger into the car
of compensation are just some of
to direct her home. "Luckily, it
the red flags.
worked out because the man was
Older drivers fall into three cate-
honest," Aronsson said.
gories: Those who can still drive
"Even though driving was no
safely, those who can drive with
longer an option, she was in tremen-
some help, and those no longer able
dous denial," said Aronsson. "Diffi-
to drive. According to the experts,
cult as it was, we took away the
family members should ride regular±---
keys. It was devastating because she
ly with the first group in order to
would be giving up her freedom. We
monitor their driving skills and
were imposing a sentence of isola-
notice any changes affecting their
tion on her life."
driver safety.
Bea's experience isn't unique.
Dr. Robert Kahn, author of Suc-
cessful
Aging, says "the loss of judg-
Norine Zimmer is a Huntington
ment,
vision
and hearing changes
Woods gerontologist.

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