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 ...

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 relaxing rules for unpopular senior road exams cleared a key Senate committee Tuesday. The policy raises the age for mandatory driving tests from 79 to 87 and also allows family members to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Starting summer 2026, fewer Illinois seniors will have to take mandatory road tests to renew their driver’s licenses. New legislation will raise the age requirement from 79 to 87 years old. Groups ...

CHICAGO — Older drivers in Illinois could face fewer barriers to renew their driver’s licenses next year as part of a bill that would raise the age for the state-mandated annual driver’s test from 79 ...

What? "There ought to be a law" for senior citizens 70 and up to pass a driving test to renew their driver’s license? Mr. Bob Ford, it's sad to see stereotyping of any person, age group, race, ...

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

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 ...