It’s finally happening: Baby boomers are becoming senior citizens, and it’s impacting society on nearly every front, including our road, highway and traffic laws.
At present one-sixth of the licensed drivers in the United States are 65 and older, but by 2025 that will increase to one in five drivers. So in every state, including Oklahoma, elderly driver car accidents could be on the rise as well. The reason isn’t as obvious as one might think because older drivers don’t cause more accidents-in fact, their driving safety record is better than for those under 65, particularly teen drivers. The concern that there could be more elderly car crash fatalities is two-fold, and Tulsa, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer Jeff Martin keeps close attention to statistics on both issues. See car accident whiplash Oklahoma
As baby boomers age, they will become more frail and for the elderly, car crash injuries-whiplash, broken bones and head injuries-are far more common than in younger drivers. In addition, as an age-group, they are more active than ever before, with many older folks working well past typical retirement age and leading fuller lives than elderly people did in the past.
