Senior Driver Assessment, Education and Support

Senior Refresher Courses/ Training

Build the confidence of senior road users and increase their knowledge of road code changes, safe driving practices and other transport options.

Supporting Older Driver Mobility

This program intends to help older people remain mobile and to be safe on our around roads.

“there are key older-driver issues which are consistently problematic in a wide variety of traffic situations, i.e. visual problems, cognitive processing speed, cognitive overload, perceptual errors/confusion, mobility issues, frailty, etc. These factors have an impact on older driver risk in each of the areas investigated."

We focus on trying to equip the older driver to deal with the existing traffic environment more efficiently.

Keeping up with the latest developments in road safety for Senior Drivers.

Older people making up a higher proportion of the population, also as life expectancy increases more of us expect to remain active well into older age.

Age-related driver impairment relationships between vehicle technology and driver stress and confidence, and the effectiveness of interventions intended to mitigate the risk.

Staying Safe Refresher Workshops

Our Staying Safe refresher workshops aim to provide senior road users with ways to identify if they have an appropriate level of confidence as drivers. It provides them with strategies and skills to respond appropriately to road situations and to adequately compensate for any effects of ageing. 

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