The Highway: The Elderly Driver

If teen-agers are dangerous drivers, so are their grandparents. And the remedy may well be the same for both: education. So thinks Bernard I. Loft, 49, associate professor of health and safety at Indiana University, who last week wound up a pilot project in geriatric driver training that may go a long way toward proving his point.

Back to School. High school courses in driving and traffic have been a solid success, argues Loft: boys and girls who have taken them are involved in 50% fewer violations and accidents than those who have not. "With teen-agers," he says, "the biggest problem...

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