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Other technologies could also work to keep elderly drivers alert.
But I am also saddened that it has led to general criticism of elderly drivers.
Parking is another stressful challenge for many elderly drivers — and the cause of many accidents.
There is some evidence that elderly drivers self-police when they start losing skills, and do not drive as much.
Highway engineers call this phenomenon halation and elderly drivers, now estimated to represent nearly a fifth of all Americans on the road, are most susceptible to the effect.
The existence of such a group of elderly drivers is further reason to provide the "safety net" of licensing tests advocated by Ms. Colman.
Elderly drivers are no more dangerous behind the wheel than younger motorists, despite being more likely to die or be seriously injured in an accident, according to researchers.
But it may be that many elderly drivers did not bother to seek a renewal because they believed they would not pass the vision test, the researchers said.
Scientists at Newcastle University created the so-called "Drivelab" as part of a wider research project that comes amid concern for the safety of elderly drivers.
A substantial proportion involved elderly drivers, who after age 75 have markedly worse crash records than younger ones and are also more vulnerable to injury and death.
The introduction describes demographic developments, factors affecting elderly drivers, crash rates of elderly drivers and characteristics of crashes of elderly drivers.
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