Introduction
The reliability on elderly drivers has become a moot point of discussion recently. Old age drivers are being associated with increased number of accidents and fatality. But, this is not the complete picture. Analysis of various data points reveals that association of elderly people with higher incidents of crashes and accidents is usually overstated. A study conducted in South Australia on age of crash involved drivers between 1994 and 1998 concludes that frequency of accidents reduces with age (Baldock and McLean 5). The 2009 census data of the United States also reports lower occurrence of accidents in drivers aged 55 ...