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rigz1381

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glhs837 said:
Maybe not lately, but automobile crashes are the number one killer of people between 15 and 20.Heres a few more stats from the NHTSA



Around here, I think its about tied between older drivers and teens, with the teems more likely to be involved in a fatal single vehicle and the older drivers more likely to have a fatal failure to yield.
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Yeah, I read that statistic too, but I find it a little misleading. I have no issue with them stating this data, especially to scare the crap out of teens when they get their permits and licenses, but where are the numbers for older drivers? There are ONLY showing the data for teens for as I mentioned above. To scare the crap out of them. Forget about just older drivers, what about drivers in general? Where is the break down for the other age groups. My bet is that if they placed that data in there, the break down would also have a high spike when you get to the age of 60-65 and up.

I agree with CTSP04. Get them out there now, and not wait until 18. The more experience they can get while still having licensed drivers with them the better.
 
glhs837

glhs837

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Older Drivers, Elderly Driving, Seniors at the Wheel - Smart Motorist

There you go, yes, older drivers are a problem. No question there. And, given the aging Boomers, they make up a large part of the driving population. And, given equal accidents, the older driver is more likely to have more severe injuries, or be killed in a crash.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...9wzskudQzYlza8QQg&sig2=0RbGtS2XbX4ThqNY8CRpjA

This PDF has some stats. Older drivers do not have the same percentage of deaths caused by crashes, in part because the are dying of other age related causes in much larger numbers. But otherwise, the percentages are similar, the older drivers are not a spike.
 
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CTSP04

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glhs837 said:
Older Drivers, Elderly Driving, Seniors at the Wheel - Smart Motorist

There you go, yes, older drivers are a problem. No question there. And, given the aging Boomers, they make up a large part of the driving population. And, given equal accidents, the older driver is more likely to have more severe injuries, or be killed in a crash.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...9wzskudQzYlza8QQg&sig2=0RbGtS2XbX4ThqNY8CRpjA

This PDF has some stats. Older drivers do not have the same percentage of deaths caused by crashes, in part because the are dying of other age related causes in much larger numbers. But otherwise, the percentages are similar, the older drivers are not a spike.
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Here's a website that gives you crash stats for all Maryland populations.
http://medschool.umaryland.edu/nscf...tbook_2008/overview_sheet_2008_111209_fin.pdf
 
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