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Driver rehabilitation services allow drivers to work with specially trained driving instructors. Driver rehabilitation services in fact offer many things, including:

1) Driving evaluations. As drivers get older, driving ability may become a concern. While many drivers drive safely well into their senior years, some senior drivers develop medical conditions which affect their ability to drive. Since everyone ages differently, it can be difficult to determine exactly when driving ability starts to decline. Professionals offering driver rehabilitation offer evaluations for senior drivers and any drivers concerned about their driving ability. These evaluations can help pinpoint issues and problems before a North Miami car accident occurs. Driver rehabilitation professionals can also make suggestions, such as exercises for flexibility or new driving techniques to help drivers cope with changing needs.

2) Specialized driver training for new drivers. New drivers who have medical conditions or physical issues which affect driving often need different driving instruction than those who do not face these challenges. Driver rehabilitation services can offer specialized new driver training for those who are in wheelchairs as well as for new drivers who face learning disabilities or other issues which could affect driver training.

3) Specialized driver training for experienced drivers with different needs. Health conditions can sometimes change an experienced driver’s ability to drive safely. For example, a North Miami spinal cord injury patient may need to learn to drive all over again with reduced mobility. Someone who has suffered a stroke or other serious illness may also need to re-learn to drive with different abilities. Driver rehabilitation can help with these issues.

4) Specialized equipment training for new drivers and their families. Someone who has suffered from a serious illness and needs a wheelchair or other devices needs to learn how to use those devices when driving. Family members may also need to learn how to drive someone who is in a wheelchair or uses other medical devices. Driver rehabilitation can help teach these skills.

5) Assistance with accessibility features for vehicles. After a serious injury or medical condition, drivers sometimes need to use accessibility features to drive safely. Driver rehabilitation professionals can help drivers determine which accessibility features and devices can help – and how to use these features most effectively.

Driver rehabilitation can help any driver who has suffered an illness or injury which affects their driving ability. These services can cost considerable amounts, however. If the injury which has affected your driving was caused by negligence, contact a North Miami personal injury attorney to see whether you may be able to seek compensation to help pay for medical costs, driver rehabilitation costs, car accessibility features, and other costs related to your injury.

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Driving teachers and traffic safety instructors from all over the country gathered in Hawaii at the ADTSEA annual meeting. Those in attendance had the opportunity to hear NHTSA Administrator David Strickland speak about the importance of driver training and education as well as graduated licensing.

Both issues are important to The Century Council. Our teen driver safety efforts have focused on ensuring on education and awareness for teen drivers, and we support legislation for strong and comprehensive licensing requirements for teen and novice drivers.

The Century Council was on site to present to the audience information about our underage drinking initiatives and the hardcore drunk driver project. Despite the progress that has been made to make our roadways safer, the hardcore drunk driver still accounts for a disproportionate share of alcohol-impaired driving fatalities each year. Our battle continues – there is more work to do. Let’s work together to rid our highways of these dangerous drivers.

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Holidays are often a time for people to get together to celebrate. St. Patrick’s Day is well known as a day for a number of people that venture out to area bars. St. Patrick’s Day is upon us and North Carolina law enforcement plans to be out in full force to enforce North Carolina DWI laws.

State and local law enforcement agencies are participating in the Highway Safety Program’s St. Patrick’s Day Booze it and Lose it campaign. The week long campaign is already under way all across North Carolina. Law enforcement agencies across the state will have stepped up patrols on the Thursday holiday. DWI checkpoints will also be used to enforce the state’s tough DWI laws.

The North Carolina Governor’s Highway Safety program makes some suggestions for people to reduce the risk of an accident and reduce the risk of facing a charge for DWI on St. Patrick’s Day. The program says people should plan ahead to avoid driving while impaired at the end of the festivities.

Tips include:

• Planning a safe way home in advance so the decision is not made at the end of the evening
• Designating a sober driver in advance and having other revelers leave their keys at home
• If planning ahead falls through call a taxi, a sober friend or family member for a ride home after drinking
• Friends can also look after each other to help each other make arrangements for a sober ride home after a party or heading to the bars

State Transportation Secretary Gene Conti says that in driving while impaired, “not only do you risk injuring yourself or someone else, but the trauma and financial costs of a crash or an arrest for driving while impaired are significant.”

Source: WECT-TV6, “Don’t rely on dumb luck this St. Patrick’s Day, have a DD,” 13 Mar 2011

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The Century Council applauds U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-NM) and Bob Corker (R-TN) who introduced The Research of Alcohol Detection Systems for Stopping Alcohol-related Fatalities Everywhere, or ROADS SAFE Act this week. This legislation would authorize million per year for five years to support research on the feasibility, potential benefits and public policy challenges associated with using in-vehicle technology to prevent drunk driving. The funding would go to the Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety (DADSS), a program that is currently being run by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in collaboration with outside organizations.

In 2006, The Century Council committed its support for the exploration of advanced technologies to prevent drunk driving, and we believe that this type of development holds great promise if it is moderately priced, absolutely reliable, set at the legal BAC limit of .08, and unobtrusive to the sober driver. We are pleased to reaffirm this longstanding position by supporting The ROADS SAFE Act of 2011. Mothers Against Drunk Driving, AAA and the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States also support the legislation.

The Century Council Chairman, Susan Molinari, was quoted in the Senators’ joint press release: “If our nation can develop technology to prevent people from driving drunk while preserving the rights of drivers below the legal .08 percent BAC limit, it has the capacity to save thousands of lives each year.”

We thank Senators Udall and Corker for their leadership and commitment to this important effort.

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According to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, there were 2430 fatalities in 2010 caused by Florida car accidents. This represents the smallest number of fatalities seen since 1978, even though the population of Florida has grown significantly since that time. However, while these numbers are cheering, the fact is that there are still too many deaths and serious personal injuries resulting from Florida traffic accidents. There are ways to help reduce these numbers even further:

1) Enact texting bans. Many legislators and experts have been calling for a text ban for drivers. Many states already have such bans in place to help prevent distracted driving. There is a well-established link between distracted drivers and accidents. According to the NHTSA, 448 000 people were injured and 5474 were killed in 2009 due to distracted driving. Of these injuries and fatalities, 24 000 injuries and 5474 fatalities were linked to cell phone use by a driver. However, the measure to ban texting has proven controversial. Currently, there are two bills which could be considered by Florida legislature: H.B. 79 and S.B. 158. Both would limit or ban the use of wireless devices in cars.

2) Encourage more public awareness campaigns and enforcement campaigns. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, increased seat belt use (due in part to public awareness campaigns) and efforts by law enforcement are partly responsible for the lowered Florida car accident fatality rates. Encouraging enforcement and public awareness can hopefully help to drop the numbers of injuries and deaths even more.

3) Enforce drunk driving laws. Florida drunk driving accidents are still a serious problem. In fact, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 770 out of 2558 Florida car accident fatalities in 2009 were the result of drunk driving. Only Texas and California had higher rates of drunk driving fatalities.

4) Better training. A number of studies have suggested that graduated licensing and other programs designed to encourage additional driver training ensure that all drivers on the roads have the skills needed to stay safe. Ensuring that teens and young drivers get more training can help reduce accidents involving younger drivers.

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