Driver Fitness Working Group

Goals and Objectives  

• To coordinate, conduct and promote activities to better assess driver fitness, including medical conditions and older driver concerns
• To evaluate best practices for the screening and assessment of functionally impaired drivers
• To assist national and international projects whose activities have impacts on departments of motor vehicles e.g.:
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) review of Medical Advisory Boards
• American Medical Association’s (AMA) Physician’s Guide on Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers
• AAMVA’s GrandDriver implementation
• Other organizations and projects as identified.
• To improve licensing renewal practices that may assist detection of functionally impaired drivers e.g.
• vision requirements
• renewal periods and methods (e.g. Web, phone)
• physical and cognitive testing and procedures.
• To evaluate standards for ensuring drivers’ continued fitness to drive, including:
• periodically review functional status of drivers identified as needing monitoring
• referrals for remediation and/or mobility options
• restriction(s) of drivers where needed.