Posted on 12/08/2013 4:57:16 PM PST by knak
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says it will work to change its strategic plan to ensure the safety of the U.S.’s growing population of older drivers and passengers.
In a statement released earlier this week, the NHTSA says its changes are the result of the growing population of elderly drivers. The agency says it will make a number of changes, including researching a number of advanced vehicle technologies including vehicle-to-vehicle communications, refining its data collection systems, and shifting its focus to efforts on public education and identifying functional changes including vision, strength, flexibility and cognition.
“NHTSA’s Older Driver Highway Safety Program Guidelines are based on best practices around the country and include countermeasures that can be implemented to ensure the safety of older drivers, including at-risk drivers,” the agency said in a statement. “The guidelines encourage state highway safety offices to work closely with driver license officials, state departments of transportation, medical providers and aging services providers, among others.”
The agency was careful to note that the changes are not the result of any changes in how the elderly are driving, but rather the result of a changing environment and a better, more complete understanding of safety practices.
“Although older drivers are some of the safest drivers on our roads, our plan builds upon the NHTSA’s current work to help older people drive as safely and as long as possible,” said NHTSA Administrator David Strickland.
From inside the pot, it’s hard to effectively gauge the boil... but I’d posit that we are at least at the medium tyranny level, with some of our yolks acquiring some hard-boiled characteristics.
If it ain’t broke don’t leave it alone till it’s is
I’ve had drivers licenses in three states and “federal” was not on any of them, the 0bama feds can butt out.
They've been that way for awhile.
Hey! Give him time, will ya! He's still working on the 10th...
It isn’t, thats why Obama has his damn nose in it. They know better, dontcha all know.
You ain’t seen nothing yet.
Michael Hasting’s moments en masse coming soon.
No kidding. Why would he bother with a DMV issue? There must be a self-enriching reason and I haven't figured out what it is yet.
You want those gas taxes for your state, right?
(Just thinking like an out of control Federal government that’s used to getting it’s way.)
Useless eaters in DC. Useless worthless bureaucrats trying to justify their paychecks which are stolen from the taxpayers
Oprah recently summed up Obama's attitude on the elderly nicely, IMO.
I laugh thinking about the Pennsylvania lottery... “Benefits older Pennsylvanians”.
Fat chance.
This is as people called it a scam... the Rats 2ant advanced technology on cars so that they may start taxing people based on the miles they drive.
So see-through... yawn. Please pull ahead to the second window.
Just look how well that government electric car is turning out!
They might get their head, ahem, back on their shoulders, for this one, in ten years, maybe.
I know I’m going to confuse them, and I love it! My state requires me to have a driver’s license, to vote. I don’t, not can’t, drive. So, I have had a perfect driving record since I moved here, and no driver data to mine. I’m already old enough to get that ‘special bus pass’ for reduced fares, too.
Of course this is the province of the states. This is none of the Feds business
The feds will say to each state: “If you want federal monies for your roads and bridges you will comply.”
Just like they did with the speed limit.
DHS put in new bio-metric photo machines in Missouri Department of Revenue offices. Those getting new drivers licenses got their picture, scanned birth certificates, concealed carry permit scanned right into a Federal database.
I think we’ve since put a stop to it. It was probably just a temporary setback to the DHS.
And probably cost a lot more money to get one, too.
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