Resources

The Model Driver Screening and Evaluation Program: Guidelines for Motor Vehicle Administrators. NHTSA-sponsored resource, in cooperation with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, for jurisdictions interested in initiating or updating a driver screening program. http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/olddrive/index.html  

Reporting a Potentiallly Unsafe Driver. You can request that your state DMV review a family member’s, or friend’s, driving qualifications. In a letter to the local DMV Driver Safety Office, identify the driver you are concerned about, giving your reason(s) for making the report, and your relationship to the driver. You may ask that your name be kept confidential, but some states will not accept the report if you refuse to provide your name as well. See Chapter 8 of the AMA Physician Guidelines on Counseling Older Patients about Driving to find out if your state’s statutes provide reporter confidentiality. http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/10791.html

Concerned Americans For Responsible Driving (CARD) in Missouri is active in the area of reporting and re-testing impaired drivers. CARD’s founders crafted a bill designed to keep impaired persons out of the driver's seat. By not targeting older drivers, but rather all impaired drivers, the bill won AARP support and passed into law in 1999. Missouri House Bill 1536 allows those closest to a possibly unfit driver to report the person's condition confidentially. http://www.drivingsafe.org/