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We have written safety for older drivers, after the loss of vision, motor skills or intellectual capacity, much about the car. But a current Los Angeles Times report should be noted that senior citizens are also at risk of road accidents outside their car. Last month "Dangerous by design" study of fatalities from 2000 to 2009 included seniors in fact a disproportionate 22 per cent of the pedestrian deaths, at the same time to 13% of the population. This morning, a group of San Francisco senior citizens, accidents pedestrian area bring with the attention to senior planning a road safety event named "Deathrace 2011."

DeathRace will take place at 10: 30 today morning at the corner of third and Yosemite Street in San Francisco Bayview neighborhood. Senior action network chose this location, because it's popular senior centers in the vicinity of the city and for acceleration drivers and dangerous pedestrian Strip is known. The protest has perfect timing. Last month, for example, more than 50 senior citizens were in a pedestrian accident injured, and 16 hospitalized or were killed. In the last decade, deaths in San Francisco (2.9) mourned San Francisco senior citizens of a death rate of 8.1 seniors per 100,000, almost three times the national average for seniors (2.92) and overall pedestrian zone.

Dangerous by design fingered San Francisco, as the country of 4th dangerous at pedestrian deaths. And San Francisco, California counts as the dangerous.

"Roads are no longer primarily for traffic as quickly as possible, transition" Noah Budnick said, Deputy Director of the New York-based transport alternatives. "Our roads are, where we live in this city, and walking is the primary mode of how people deal." "But older people have just not enough time to cross the road." The same applies here in San Francisco, and DeathRace plans to stress that officials should plan the streets of the city of safety for all ages.

We have seen far to many San Francisco deaths pedestrian zone in the first months of the year 2011. I hope that the senior attention urgently needed action network DeathRace 2011 reducing pedestrian deaths for all ages including seniors will bring.

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UPDATE: Here, the Bay of the citizen is report after the yesterday's Deathrace. Lead with this video:

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We have written security for senior drivers, after the loss of vision, motor skills or intellectual capacity, much about car. But a current Los Angeles Times report should be noted that senior citizens are also at risk of road accidents outside their car. In fact of the last month of "Dangerous by design" study of fatalities from 2000 to 2009, seniors included a disproportionate 22 per cent of the pedestrian deaths, at the same time to 13% of the population. This morning, a group of San Francisco senior citizens, accidents bring along pedestrian attention to senior planning a road safety event with the aptly named "Deathrace 2011."

DeathRace will be at the corner of third and Yosemite at 10: 30 today morning in San Francisco's Bayview neighborhood streets. Senior action network chose this location because it is known driver and dangerous crosswalks in popular close to the city senior centers and for acceleration. The protest has perfect timing. Last month, for example, more than 50 senior citizens were in a pedestrian accident injured, and 16 hospitalized or were killed. In the last decade mourned San Francisco senior citizens of a death rate of 8.1 seniors per 100,000, almost three times the national average for seniors (2.92) and overall pedestrian deaths in San Francisco (2.9).

Dangerous by design fingers San Francisco as the country of 4th dangerous to pedestrian deaths. And San Francisco, California as it is dangerous.

"Roads are no longer primarily for traffic as quickly as possible, transition" Noah Budnick said, Deputy Director of the New York-based transport alternatives. "Our streets are, where we live in this city, and on foot, the primary is what people do." "But older people simply not enough time to cross the street." The same applies here in San Francisco, and DeathRace plans, they emphasize that civil servants should plan streets for the safety of the pedestrians of all ages.

We have seen far to many San Francisco deaths pedestrian zone in the first months of the year 2011. I hope the senior action network DeathRace 2011 urgently needed attention reducing pedestrian deaths for all ages including seniors will bring.

Photo credit: Ethan Prater

UPDATE: Here, the Bay of the citizen is report after the yesterday's Deathrace. Lead with this video:

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The key of senior drivers take is a tough decision, which often caused conflict between family members and friends. But scientists and safety advocates have repeatedly shown that age, people often lose the motor skills and remain intellectual ability to alert behind the wheel. In this sense a new report by the American psychological found Association, that driving errors increase with age both for dangerous drivers and those with a previously impeccable record. So you speak with your parent or friend senior drivers about the dangers of driving on the reduced motor skills.

The study asked 266 driver between 70 and 88, the alone drive life a week once, and show no signs of dementia to drive a 12-miles city with professional driving instructors mark their error rate. The driving infractions in most of the consumer reports cars blog known failed blind spots, and veering of streets, neglect, use indicators review. Driving instructors had to by grab the wheel or hit the brake for 17% of the tested drivers intervene. Most interesting for senior drivers is that errors quadrupled the youngest, oldest rider.

These results help, some disturbing explain the last senior driving accidents, the dozens killed and injured have led. In the most horrible example an 89-year-old 10 killed and injured 70 in the year 2003 when they drove by a California farmers market at 60 miles per hour. And this February, 83-year-old Clarence Kinney accident close to San Diego after turning on a motorway of the wrong way causing a massive multi.

Of course senior drivers are no longer weak across the Board. Some who have maintained their motor skills and special abilities, have become much safer and road as the most age demographics. State legislators should so instead of passing ceiling laws against senior drivers, laws adopted, the drivers for sight and motor skills screen, before their license is renewed.

We know that even as the streets for senior driver more dangerous receives it is difficult, to discuss the storage of the key for a good way. So we have put together guidelines for talking on the management of security risks for senior drivers, complete with alternatives to drive, and start senior driver screening laws, which were implemented in States across the country. See also our senior driver safety assessment checklist & itself.

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