Driving Tips for Seniors

Senior drivers have reduced vision and reaction times. This could create risk, but senior drivers aware of these problems can compensate for them.

Night Driving

As a rule, if you are an older driver you should try to avoid driving at night. If you do drive, here are some:

	The eyes of drivers over 50 will adjust more slowly to light changes. Before you drive, let your eyes adjust to the dark for a few minutes before you start driving.

	Try to only drive on well-lit streets

	Try to use your high beams as much as possible (turn them off when oncoming cars come). Also try to get a car with high capacity headlights, such as bi-xenon lights commonly found on european cars.

	When an oncoming car does have its bright lights on, try to look briefly to the right edge of the road to avoid the glare.

Left Turns

A large proportion of accidents involving senior drivers occur when they attempt left turns against oncoming traffic. Right turns are much safer and these drivers. Since right turns are much safer than left turns, you can stay safe by making several right turns to get where you want to. This information was obtained from car-accidents.net