The Impact of a Vision Screening Law on Older Driver Fatality Rates
Open Access
- 10 November 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Ophthalmology (1950)
- Vol. 126 (11) , 1544-1547
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.126.11.1544
Abstract
Older drivers represent the fastest growing segment of the driving population.1,2As this segment of the population expands, so too have public safety concerns, given older drivers' increased rate of motor vehicle collision (MVC) involvement per mile driven. Research has suggested that this increase may be partly attributed to medical, functional, and cognitive impairments.3-6Keywords
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