Senior Driving Observation

Driving is one of the few things in our life that can really give us a sense of freedom. Being able to jump in your car to get groceries, go to work in the morning, or complete the general errands that you have to do makes this so much quicker and easier. However, as the effects of age, illness, or inactivity are able to take their toll, they can impair the skills of a driver. In just a few years, skills that were once sound can deteriorate and can leave you and all of your passengers more exposed to danger. So, to make sure that you are still in a healthy and able condition to drive, our team can offer our support through senior driving observation. We’ll compare your driving to regular driving test standards and find out if you are in a position to continue managing a vehicle on the road safely or not.

Assessing Driver Competence
Whether you are suffering from consequences of old age or even a degenerative disease, it is important that we assess your competence as a driver. There are many things which go into this but most importantly, we need to ascertain your levels of ease controlling the vehicle, your response times, and your general judgement when out on the roads. These three key elements all need to be good to safely handle a car and so, this is always our priority, with every senior client that we meet.

Improving Skills
Assuming your competence remains at a reasonable level, we will be able to help you identify the skills that you could do with improving to make sure that your driving is on track. For example, if bad habits have caused your turning to become loose, your indication or mirror work to become lax, or whatever else, it is important that we put these right. Focusing on the small details like this will also let you connect with your driving again and show you how you can maintain your good practice, for the longest time.

Tailoring to Your Needs
Of course, every individual is different and after many, many years of driving, we all develop our own styles and habits. So, all of us are going to have different needs when it comes to our driving improvement. And, our team will be more than glad to tailor to these, to deliver you the most tailored instruction service. We’ll help you better the skills that you need the most and refocus points of your driving, which we know will help you to get more from your experience.

Your Friendly Assessor
Our friendly team is highly regarded in Pittsburgh for our excellent standards of care and customer service. We understand that it can be frustrating for many to have to sit through a senior driving assessment. However, given that it is so necessary, we want to ensure that the process is as pain-free for you as it can be. So, allow one of the amiable members of our team to guide you on your senior assessment and we can assure you it’ll be a worthwhile thing.