Starting in July 2025, the U.S. Department of Transportation will implement a new law aimed at elderly driving.With the number of senior drivers steadily increasing, the law seeks to ensure road ...

Are older drivers safe on the road? Teenagers lead the way when it comes to fatal and injury crashes, while older drivers are becoming even safer on the road than in past years, thanks in part to ...

Seated with a cane at her side, 86-year-old Patricia Mackin waited patiently inside a suburban senior citizens’ driver’s services facility to be called to take her road test, a requirement for people ...

One of the last barriers to ageism in Illinois — driver’s license tests for senior citizens — may be coming down. Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias wants to hike the age at which drivers must take ...

What? "There ought to be a law" for senior citizens 70 and up to pass a driving test to renew their driver’s license? Mr. Bob Ford, it's sad to see stereotyping of any person, age group, race, ...

A new bill has been sent to Gov. JB Pritzker's desk that would raise the age at which seniors in Illinois are required to take behind-the-wheel driving tests. The legislation was drafted by Secretary ...

CHICAGO — Older drivers in Illinois could face fewer barriers to renew their driver’s licenses next year as part of a bill that would raise the age for the state-mandated annual driver’s test from 79 ...

Once again, it has become clear that the letters D, M and V are like magic beans. Toss them into the public square, and the harvest begins immediately. Earlier this week, I asked if a behind-the-wheel ...

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is joined by Republicans, Democrats and advocates for aging Illinoisans at a news conference announcing a bill to increase the age for the state-mandated ...