Older drivers face confusing array of license laws

Utah among the states trying to find ways to spot at-risk drivers

By Lauran Neergaard

Associated Press

Published: Monday, Sept. 17 2012 11:04 p.m. MDT

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More older drivers are on the road than ever before, and an Associated Press review found they face a hodgepodge of state licensing rules that reflect scientific uncertainty and public angst over a growing question: How can we tell if it's time to give up the keys?

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My2Cents

Taylorsville, UT

In defense of older drivers my belief is they are not more hazardous or less safe than younger drivers. More cautious they are and many drugs they do take. But drugs is not limited to the elderly, what about all the teens on hallucinatory drugs to More..

5:26 a.m. Sept. 18, 2012
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Lowonoil

Clearfield, UT

You will be too old to to drive too someday, if you are lucky. What are you doing to place yourself in a position to remain independent when that happens?
I'm planning to relocate to a walkable community near shopping, transit corridors, More..

1:00 p.m. Sept. 18, 2012
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South Jordan, UT

Why the national push to standardize license requirements. Drivers licenses are the responsibility of the individual states, and nearly all drivers are familiar with their own states requirements. Moving to a 'national' standard will More..

9:12 a.m. Sept. 19, 2012
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