Experts to Discuss Aging Drivers' Safety at NTSB Forum

The Nov. 9-10 event includes experts from several DOT agencies, Volvo and Ford Motor, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, and academia to discuss driver, vehicle, and roadway factors.

  • Oct 18, 2010

The National Transportation Safety Board has posted the agenda for its public forum on Safety, Mobility, and Aging Drivers that will be held Nov. 9-10 in the NTSB Board Room in Washington, D.C. It also will be available as a webcast.

Starting with a discussion of accidents, injuries, and fatalities involving older drivers, the forum then will turn to an occupant protection panel and a highway and vehicle design panel. Day two will discuss how driver capability can be assessed (both mental and physical abilities) and will end with a panel examining state Department of Motor Vehicle licensing approaches that have been enacted by state legislatures in recent years.

Speakers will include NTSB Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman; Anne McCartt, Ph.D., of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety; Ann Dellinger, Ph.D., MPH, of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Stephen Ridella of NHTSA; Stephen Rouhana, Ph.D., of Ford Motor Company; Dick Schaeffer of the Federal Highway Administration; Thomas Broberg of Volvo; and Lisa Molnar of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI).

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