1-21-2011The Senior Commission watched the documentary “Love of Car: Transportation
as We Age”. It was c- produced by the Minnesota Gerontological Society (MGS)
and Twin Cities Public Television (tpt).
The focus of the documentary is on the following four issues:
* How to determine if you're a safe driver
* Personal strategies to increase your safe driving years
* Ways to adapt vehicles to allow safe driving longer
* Who should be involved in deciding when a person should stop driving
* How to locate and promote alternate transportation options
This documentary is aimed at stimulating dialogue about solutions to community
mobility issues for older adults. It features interviews of seniors living in rural as
well as urban areas who are in the process of driving cessation, or have already
gone through that transition. It weaves those stories with interviews of experts and
demonstrations of solutions.