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jeff posted on December 08, 2009 00:20 
This week is Older Driver Safety Awareness Week (December 6–12, 2009). According to AOTA, the PR event:
aims to promote understanding ... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions:  jeff posted on November 17, 2009 22:25
Some cities and states have a great concept with left hand turns. Most protected left turns have a green turn arrow while the traffic going straight w... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on October 28, 2009 10:48 
For those recovering from an accident, surgery, or limiting medical condition, rehabilitation is a necessary part of the recovery process. Hospitals r... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on October 22, 2009 16:23
Drivers 65 or older represent 15 percent of the motoring population today. By 2025 they will make up one in every four drivers. These older drivers “a... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on October 19, 2009 11:03 
Workload distraction, regardless of its form, is an impediment to safer driving. What about in-car (or truck) GPS systems?
New York state wants to cr... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on October 06, 2009 11:47
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's National Center for Statistics and Analysis has released its Traffic Safety Facts 2008, whic... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on September 25, 2009 17:14 
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) newly released Traffic Safety Facts Research Note - Sept 2009, seat belt ... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on September 22, 2009 10:51 
Brian Carr, on September 16, 2009, posted on the Daily Fuel Economy Tip blog a post entitled Age Specific Driving Retesting Should Be Required. His po... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on September 17, 2009 12:49
In the Wall Street Journal Opinion page, Joseph White wrote an op-ed piece on 15 September 2009 entitled Driving While Texting: Is It the New DWI? H... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on September 03, 2009 12:29
About half of the states in the U.S. put special conditions or requirements on older drivers. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety:... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on September 02, 2009 12:00 
Twenty-three states have NO 'texting while driving' laws. Eighteen states plus DC ban 'texting while driving' for ALL drivers. Nine states limit 'text... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on August 27, 2009 16:25
It is going to take an enormous effort to educate the masses on the dangers of texting while driving. Certainly the state, provincial and federal tran... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on August 18, 2009 12:00
A colleague and I were in the Cincinnati area last week. We were doing a series of in-service sessions for some of the hospitals and clinics in the ar... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on August 11, 2009 20:33
I have attended trade shows and events for twenty years, ever since I began my career. Most of my pre-DriveSafety life was in the world of computer ne... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on August 05, 2009 16:53
People cause accidents mainly because they are distracted -- they forget what they are doing or get proccupied with something other than driving. The ... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on July 31, 2009 12:13
Unless you live in a major urban area with ubiquitous and affordable public transportation option, driving is a way of life for most the western world... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on July 27, 2009 10:42
According to NHTSA’s 2008 Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS):
The number of traffic fatalities in 2008 reached its lowest lev-el since 1961. T... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on July 16, 2009 15:40
I have to say I am impressed with AAA Arizona's resources for senior drivers. They have a suite of products design to keep aging drivers safer and on ... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on July 06, 2009 09:06
In a 5 July 2009 opinion in the Sun Chronicle, the writer stated "When en elderly person has an accident that either kills or maims someone then the c... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on June 30, 2009 10:23
Last week at Driving Assessment in Big Sky, MT, a lunch speaker from UMTRI shared some thoughts on why there was a significant reduction in car c... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on June 24, 2009 23:47
This week in Big Sky, MT, south of Bozeman and north of Yellowstone NP, we participated in the 5th International Driving Symposium on Human Facto... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on June 15, 2009 18:11
This past week, I had dinner with the widow of one of my dad's brothers. I have not seen her for 30 years. She was and is a great aunt. She lived in t... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on June 04, 2009 12:46
Many people's first reaction to a 93 year old man crashing his car into a Danvers, MA, Walmart, by hitting the gas instead of the break, is that ... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on June 01, 2009 09:48
From time to time I read articles on the benefits of driving simulation. Certainly, as one in the business of building and selling driving simulation ... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on May 20, 2009 15:36
Apparently May is National Youth Traffic Safety Month. As part of creating awareness and hoping to educate youth that drive, many high schools ra... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on May 13, 2009 17:03
Is the safe driving message directed at novice drivers getting old? No, but the method of delivery might be.
Every year we get a new batch of novice ... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on May 08, 2009 12:11
A new AASHTO report, Rough Roads Ahead, addresses the costs of poor highways. It identifies the conditions of the nation’s major highways, c... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on May 06, 2009 11:16
A couple of weeks ago, I was talking to a group of Occupational Therapy students who recently complete Car Fit training. CarFit is an educational... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on May 05, 2009 13:28
There are a variety of ways to price a driving simulator for a medical clinic: piece-meal or turnkey. A piece-meal package provides a ... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on May 01, 2009 07:00
Last week, I had the opportunity to have dinner with an individual that is involved in the establishment of a program that helps evaluate, assess... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on April 27, 2009 17:48
Last week's American Occupational Therapy Association Conference and Expo in Houston was an enjoyable and meaningful event for DriveSafety.
We launch... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on April 21, 2009 17:06
DriveSafety has released its latest driving simulation sysem: CDS™. It is being launched at the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on April 18, 2009 12:22
I read with interest a Medina Country article (The Gazetter, 18 April 2009) where in the Ohio General Assembly, House Bill 133 would give a port... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on April 17, 2009 17:44
Twitter is a strange yet intriguing phenomenon. Users share thoughts, ideas, links in 140 characters or less. There is no business model, hence no adv... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: jeff posted on April 13, 2009 13:22
I have received many emails and phone calls over the years by people asking us if we have a driving simulator that can replicate the drunk driving exp... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: DriveSafety posted on April 09, 2009 17:28
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Actions: DriveSafety posted on April 07, 2009 17:33
DriveSafety is planning on attending the American Occupational Therapy Association annual event in Houston, Texas. The 23-25 April Conference an... [Read the rest of this article...]
Actions: DriveSafety posted on April 06, 2009 17:36
DriveSafety has begun its new company blog. Authors will consist of DriveSafety employees and key business partners.
We will write on topics ... [Read the rest of this article...]
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