It Cannot Be All about Safety: The Benefits of Prolonged Mobility

The review provides clear evidence that, for older adults who cease driving, quality of life is reduced and that there are a number of adverse consequences of poor mobility.

Abstract

Provision of safe travel options that allow easy access to services and amenities is a vital factor in maintaining mobility amongst older road users. An understanding that continued mobility means access to a private vehicle, either as a driver (for as long as possible as it is safe to drive) or as a passenger, and easy and practical access to other forms of transport is essential in the management of health, well-being, and the safe mobility of older road users.