Can Off-road Screening Tests Assess Older Drivers’ Fitness to Drive?
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The Austroads older driver licensing model calls for a quick and convenient, valid screening test to provide an early assessment of fitness to drive. This paper presents the evidence from two key sources regarding the usefulness of screening tests in this context. First, the research literature has been examined to assess the validity and usefulness of some leading screening tests being used overseas. Secondly, results from a recently-completed case-control study evaluating the capacity of screening measures to distinguish between safe and unsafe drivers are presented. Based on these results, it has been concluded that off-road screening tests of fitness to drive currently cannot be justified for mass, age-based screening for licensing decisions.
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