LIMITED ACCESS ROADS ARE SAFER
WRECK-LESS DRIVING©
by Gunther Doerfert, Auto Safety Columnist
LIMITED ACCESS ROADS ARE SAFER
POSEYVILLE, IN: We drove mostly on the "back" roads on our way to speak at the Illinois Older Driver Summit. It was sponsored by the Illinois Department on Aging. State highways have many more interesting sights and reasons to stop and look. Interstates are designed to move traffic quickly from point to point. They are not meant to be scenic routes, though a few do pass through some breath taking gorgeous places such as I-26 and I-40 through the TN mountains.
Did you know that despite their higher speeds the limited access roads are safer per mile driven than the slower "back" roads? Frequently older drivers avoid the Interstates because the high speed of other vehicles makes them feel unsafe. And perhaps feeling that way they are less safe out there than on slower roads. But they need to be aware that the crash statistics show the opposite. Thus, older drivers need to learn how to cope with the traffic on all types of roads and to compensate for their declining physical capabilities. While behind-the-wheel driver retraining is costly and difficult to find, the many classroom refresher courses are economical and do produce safer senior drivers.
GHD153 all rights reserved
by Gunther Doerfert, Auto Safety Columnist
LIMITED ACCESS ROADS ARE SAFER
POSEYVILLE, IN: We drove mostly on the "back" roads on our way to speak at the Illinois Older Driver Summit. It was sponsored by the Illinois Department on Aging. State highways have many more interesting sights and reasons to stop and look. Interstates are designed to move traffic quickly from point to point. They are not meant to be scenic routes, though a few do pass through some breath taking gorgeous places such as I-26 and I-40 through the TN mountains.
Did you know that despite their higher speeds the limited access roads are safer per mile driven than the slower "back" roads? Frequently older drivers avoid the Interstates because the high speed of other vehicles makes them feel unsafe. And perhaps feeling that way they are less safe out there than on slower roads. But they need to be aware that the crash statistics show the opposite. Thus, older drivers need to learn how to cope with the traffic on all types of roads and to compensate for their declining physical capabilities. While behind-the-wheel driver retraining is costly and difficult to find, the many classroom refresher courses are economical and do produce safer senior drivers.
GHD153 all rights reserved
posted by WRECK-LESS at Sunday, February 04, 2007
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home