A golden opportunity to make travel more golden
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The US Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) continues its increasingly important role of helping meet the needs of a growing number of older drivers. This growing group of drivers, pedestrians, and other road users are experiencing declining vision, slowed decision-making and reaction times, exaggerated difficulty when dividing attention between traffic demands and other important sources of information, and reductions in strength, flexibility, and general fitness. The US Congress has also included the Special Rule for Older Drivers and Pedestrians in the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP21) from 2012, recognizing the need to focus on the aging road user.