SAN ANDREAS – Talking
with an older family member about their driving is often difficult. Most of us put off that talk until the
person’s driving has become what we believe to be dangerous. The California
Highway Patrol (CHP) implemented the Age Well, Drive Smart program to assist
families with this issue. This program was designed to provide older drivers
with the KEYS to driving safe and driving longer.
California’s older driver
population is numbering about 2.9 million today. It is estimated, there will be
over four million residents age 65 and older in California by the year 2020.
Knowing that much of this community still relies on driving as their primary
means of transportation, the CHP is continuing to promote the Age Well, Drive
Smart program.
The program is supported
by the Keeping Everyone Safe (KEYS) grant from the California Office of Traffic
Safety. The Age Well, Drive Smart class provides education specifically
designed to help seniors tune up their driving skills, refresh their rules of
the road knowledge, learn about normal age-related physical changes and how
they affect driving ability.
The
California Highway Patrol (CHP)
San Andreas Office is hosting a free Age Well, Drive Smart program at the
following location:
Thursday, May 8th from 10am
– noon, Mark Twain Medical Center, San Andreas
RSVPs must be
made via telephone or in person to the San Andreas CHP
Office. For more information or to make
reservations for the class, please call (209) 754-3541.
