Seven safety tips for senior drivers

1. Avoid Nighttime Driving

As people turn 35 years or old, their eye sight begins to age. During night time the road will be dark and the glare from other headlights make it hard to concentrate on driving.

If there is a situation that makes you travel during night time, travel with an alert passenger to help you scan for driving hazards.


2. Go for a Driver Course

A mature driver's course is focused toward seniors and generally covers topics like pedestrians, yielding, four-way stops, and lane changes.


3. Avoid Heavy Traffic

Lack of Patience, restlessness and frustration increases the risk of accident in heavy traffic.

Avoid Heavy Traffic

Signals should be used in advance and preparing early for exits makes you stay safe during heavy traffic. Learning alternate routes also will help you to get away from heavy traffic.


4. Warm up your body before sitting in the driver's seat

A warm up before driving makes your mind and body get free from the stress while driving. Casual body warm up includes stretching your neck, upper body, shoulders, rotating your torso and pressing your shoulder backwards. Gentle stretch will

¤ Improve your action range


¤ Fight off fatigue


¤ Reduce tension

5. Prepare to Share the Road

Sharing the road is a key factor to get rid of accidents. While driving focus on the people running, walking dogs, skateboarders on the road and should be ready to share the road with them.


6. Selecting an Instrument panel

While selecting an Instrument panel don’t look for the attraction and fancy features which may even distract you when you are driving.

Select an instrument model that is easy for you to read. Check our 6 superlative cars for senior drivers to get more ideas in selecting an instrument panel.


7. Do not get distracted while driving

Distracted driving is any non-driving activity. A person who engages in that has the potential to distract him or herself from driving and increases the risk of crashing.

Distractions while driving

Texting is the most dangerous distraction of all. Here are some Ten tips for controlling distraction