Increase in Senior Driver Fatalities Has Fort Lauderdale Injury Lawyer Concerned

According to a 2007 research project between Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and AAA foundation for traffic safety based on data gathered between 1999 and 2004, fatality rates began to climb for drivers over the age of 65.  From the ages of 75 to 84, the rate of deaths due to car accidents become three in every 100 million miles driven and this is equal to the death rate of teenage drivers.  And for those seniors aged 85 and older, the fatality rate skyrockets to nearly four times higher than that for teenagers.

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