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[quote=Anonymous]For anyone with parents who are local, Medstar has a driver evaluation/training program for people with disabilities and older drivers:

https://www.medstarhealth.org/services/driver-training-services

I wouldn't trust a DMV test to determine whether an older driver is safe or not.

Also, the person above who posted statistics about elderly driver crashes needs to post their source (or maybe I missed it). This is what I'm finding:

MD MVA data from 2013-2017 shows elderly drivers were involved in nearly 16% of crashes that resulted in injuries:

https://mva.maryland.gov/Documents/FY19_Older_ProgramAreaBriefFINAL.pdf

The IIHA puts together a page with a ton of data on older drivers, but one interesting graph near the bottom shows that fatality rates for drivers by age go way up starting around 70, mostly for themselves and their passengers:

https://www.iihs.org/topics/older-drivers

OP, it's your dad's money and his choice to buy a new car, but that doesn't mean you can't have a rational conversation with him about driving safety at his age and what he will do (including testing) to determine his strengths and weaknesses.[/quote]

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