Starting in July 2025, the U.S. Department of Transportation will implement a new law aimed at elderly driving.With the number of senior drivers steadily increasing, the law seeks to ensure road ...

Illinois House members last week unanimously passed a major change to rules on behind-the-wheel road tests for older drivers but the bill still lingers in the Senate. The legislation raises the age ...

Seated with a cane at her side, 86-year-old Patricia Mackin waited patiently inside a suburban senior citizens’ driver’s services facility to be called to take her road test, a requirement for people ...

Legislation introduced Thursday in the Illinois House seeks to ease road exam requirements for seniors, which have been criticized as age discrimination. Previous ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Legislation on Gov. JB Pritzker's desk could raise the mandatory senior driving test age from 79 to 87. Drivers 79 and older would be required to renew their license, but ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Legislation has advanced that would free senior citizens of the need to take a behind the wheel driving test to maintain their ...

A new bill has been sent to Gov. JB Pritzker's desk that would raise the age at which seniors in Illinois are required to take behind-the-wheel driving tests. The legislation was drafted by Secretary ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The Illinois House unanimously passed a bill Wednesday to raise the mandatory senior drivers test age from 75 to 87. Drivers 79 and older would be required to renew their ...

A new bill could increase the age requirement for Illinois seniors to retake a behind-the-wheel drivers test. Right now, Illinois seniors need to retake a driving test at 79 years old. The new ...