SENIOR CITIZEN DRIVING SCHOOL

The Department of Motor Vehicles may require all senior citizens for re-examination to determine that all seniors are up to date on any new laws that have been established. The renewals for all senior citizens are in person rather than mail If you are cited and the officer who is issuing the citation believes that you have shown either the lack of skills or knowledge the officer may request a re-examination .If you have a medical condition that may affect your driving, by law a doctor is required to file a medical report with the DMV, and they may do so.

Any medical condition that may effect a significant change in your driving such medical conditions can be as follows

You are required for re-examination if you can not pass the written test within several times and/or your doctor files a report on your behalf for a medical condition with the Department of Motor Vehicles then the DMV Driver Safety unit may contact you.

You may receive a medical questionnaire. They may also schedule a hearing, either by phone or require you to appear in person at the DMV field office within a short period of time. You are responsible for providing any information they request. Based on that hearing, they can suspend a license until a medical condition clears up, or issue a temporary license for purposes of instruction only. They may also require a written test, a drive test, may be even both. They may also revoke a license permanently.

If the hearing goes against you, you have rights of appeal, both at the local office, and in Sacramento.

RETESTING

In the interest of public safety, the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) requires all drivers at the age of over 60 to physically go to their local DMV field office when it's time to renew their driver's license. They will be required to take both a written and eye test.

This requirement is designed to screen drivers who may have developed various medical conditions over the many years of their driving career. Good vision is necessary to drive a motor vehicle. Over the years our vision becomes weaker. Although glasses or contact lenses may improve or correct our vision to some degree, there are those who still cannot see adequately to drive an automobile.

The second prominence is based on your knowledge of the law. For example, hundreds of laws have changed or gone off the books in the past years, and few people keep up with these changes. The DMV requires drivers over 60 to take a written test over laws and safe driving practices, to insure the safety of both the driver and the public.

In the past years we have learned a great deal of information about dementia and other medical problems such as Alzheimer’s. If a driver is tested and fails a written test several times, it could be that their memory has drawn to the point where it would be unsafe for them to drive.

The DMV will require any driver who has substandard vision. The written or driving test will help the DMV decide whether the driver can adjust adequately. However if you fail the written test several times then you may be required to take the drive test.

Following is a list of reasons a driver may be required to be retested: