http://takingcareofthefolks.com education~encouragement~engagement Thu, 22 Mar 2012 01:24:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://takingcareofthefolks.com/testing-elder-drivers-a-necessity/ http://takingcareofthefolks.com/testing-elder-drivers-a-necessity/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:17:18 +0000 Shelley http://takingcareofthefolks.com/?p=885 Today I read an article in the AARP Bulletin Today entitled “Can Training With Computer Games Keep You Driving Safer and Longer?”  by Julie Halpert( http://tinyurl.com/yz9snxf ) which made me very concerned for the safety of all drivers.  Below is the beginning of that article…
“Recently, I needed a ride to the airport and my 78-year-old father agreed to drive me. It had been awhile since I’d been his passenger, and the experience proved a bit unsettling. We barely avoided a collision with another car entering the on-ramp, and then, for the next 25 miles, I clenched my teeth as he drifted and veered in and out of his lane.

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