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 ...

Beginning August 1, 2025, new federal regulations will require seniors aged 70 and above to undergo specific driving tests for license renewal. This initiative aims to enhance road safety while ...

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 ...

There was quite a bit of reader “road rage” over our recent column discussing the Department of Motor Vehicles knowledge test required for drivers 70 and older. Older readers shared their observations ...

Sept. 28--As drivers age, it can be hard for some to admit that their reaction times have slowed, their vision and hearing are less acute and their strength and flexibility have seen better days.

Some common medications -- including antidepressants, sleep aids and painkillers -- may dull the driving skills of seniors, a new study finds. Many different medication classes have been linked to the ...

Young drivers must be a certain age to get a license — but it is less clear when older adults should hang up the keys. Between 2020 and 2021, the number of motor vehicle deaths involving adults 65 and ...

In Florida, drivers age 80 and older must renew their license in person every six years and pass a vision test.