Driver Training Services provides free workshop for senior drivers and families

Driver Training Services is hosting a free workshop for senior drivers and their families, intended to provide information and advice on maintaining safe driving health.
By: Michael Mercadante
 
March 14, 2012 - PRLog -- (NORTH WALES, PA) – Driver Training Services will be hosting a free workshop on Saturday, March 24, 2012 from 12:00PM to 2:00PM.

The United States is about to experience a "Silver Tsunami".  Estimates show us that, for the next twenty years, approximately 10,000 people in America will be turning 65 every single day.  Seniors over 65 are about to rise to 20% of our population.  These could be your parents, your grandparents or aunts and uncles.

While drivers aged 65 are still statistically safe drivers, the physical, visual and mental abilities they need to drive safely – vision, reaction speed, flexibility - are gradually diminishing.  Drivers who are over the age of 75 have a dramatically increased crash risk.  It doesn't mean seniors can't continue to drive safely over 65, it just means that they need to be proactive in maintaining their safe driving health, in much the same way they maintain their overall health.  That's where we come in.

FREE WORKSHOP: "MAINTAINING YOUR SAFE DRIVING HEALTH"
Saturday, March 24, 2012
12:00PM - 2:00PM

"MAINTAINING YOUR SAFE DRIVING HEALTH" is a two-hour workshop for senior drivers and/or their loved ones, presented by Driver Training Services.  It's free, open to the public and will be held at our location in North Wales on Saturday, March 24, 2012 from 12:00PM to 2:00PM.  Learn more or add it to your Google Calendar at www.drivertrainingservices.com/events.
The workshop will arm seniors and their loved ones with information and tools necessary to help them recognize what skills and physical abilities could be at risk and what they can do to retain independent driving in a safe, defensive manner.
•   Learn simple exercises and self-checks to beat the odds and avoid crashes.
•   Get tips on how to spot and correct dangerous driving habits that have developed over the years.
•   Questions and concerns about your driving?  We'll be happy to give you answers and advice.
This workshop will be hosted by professional driving instructors.  Additional guest speakers are TBA.  Concerned about your or a loved one's driving?  Ask questions confidentially after the workshop.  To attend, please register for free at http://drivinghealthworkshop.eventbrite.com/.

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Driver Training Services is a private training school, licensed by the PA Department of Education. The school has been training teens in defensive driving techniques since 1996, and is an official training center of the National Safety Council. Driver Training Services is also a proud member of the Driving School Association of the Americas (DSAA), the Pennsylvania Association of Professional Driving Schools (PAPDS) and the PennSuburban Chamber of Commerce.
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Source:Michael Mercadante
Email:***@drivertrainingservices.com Email Verified
Zip:19454
Tags:Seniors, Silver Tsunami, Driving Health, Safe Driving, Aging
Industry:Education, Automotive
Location:North Wales - Pennsylvania - United States
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