{"id":211,"date":"2012-04-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seidmanlaw-net.lawblogger.net\/blog\/elderly-drivers-and-fatal-car-accidents\/"},"modified":"2022-06-29T17:11:08","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T22:11:08","slug":"elderly-drivers-and-fatal-car-accidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/elderly-drivers-and-fatal-car-accidents\/","title":{"rendered":"Elderly Drivers and Fatal Car Accidents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"item-meta h3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/category\/firm-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Firm News<\/a> | April 6, 2012<\/p>\n<p>There are more drivers aged 70 and older on the roads now than ever before. As the Baby Boomer generation ages, that population will expand, as will the information and misinformation regarding older drivers and serious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/chicago-car-accident-lawyer\/\">car accidents<\/a>. With no set guidelines about how to deal with age and the right to drive, it is important for people understand the real impact of older people on the roads before placing unnecessary restrictions on the licenses of elderly Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Elderly drivers are significantly safer drivers than teens. The crash rate does not begin to go up for older drivers until past their 70th birthday, and does not begin to go up quickly until they turn 80. Older drivers are far less likely to speed or be guilty of drinking and driving. That said, there is no question that at some point, age begins to erode the skills necessary for safe driving.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/elderly-drivers-and-fatal-car-accidents\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Elderly Drivers and Fatal Car Accidents\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firm News | April 6, 2012 There are more drivers aged 70 and older on the roads now than ever before. As the Baby Boomer generation ages, that population will expand, as will the information and misinformation regarding older drivers and serious car accidents. With no set guidelines about how to deal with age and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-firm-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Elderly Drivers and Fatal Car Accidents<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There are more drivers aged 70 and older on the roads now than ever before. As the Baby Boomer generation ages, that ... 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