Currently about 500,000 of the 30 million licensed drivers in the U.K. are over 65.
That number will grow in the years ahead. The UK demographic shift is now in full progress.
By 2020, people of 50 and over will comprise half the adult population.
Especially for drivers 85 and older, there will more than a quadruple in the years to 2020.
The public, and policymakers are expressing a growing concern that the nation's roads and motorways are filled with greater numbers of older drivers.
Swedish company Autoadapt believes its Driver Test Station (DTS) is the first cost-effective driving simulator on the market.
It is an evaluator tool used to determine an individual's abilities as a driver, concerning strength, flexibility, behaviour and reaction time in a "vehicle atmosphere".
The Autoadapt DTS allows a fast judgement of client's car, the adaptation needs and capability to use a hand control, improve the servo steering, and so on.
But unlike a test examiner, the simulator is designed as a tool to help a therapist, or the person making the prescription, to perform a qualified test of a person's abilities as a driver, concerning strength, flexibility, behaviour and reaction time.
Posted on 15.12.2009
