CHP Video: Seniors Who Might Be Too Old To Drive

For residents with senior parents or grandparents, the California Highway Patrol is offering tips on how to prepare them with the change of life known as "too old to drive."

California’s senior citizen population is one of the fastest growing driving-age demographics in the state. According to the California Department of Finance, there will be more than six million seniors aged 65 and over by the year 2020 in this state.

With more and more seniors taking to the roads every year, the CHP has received a federal grant to help educate senior drivers and raise their awareness about how to keep safe on the roads.

The overall goal of the CHP's “Keeping Everyone Safe (KEYS) II” campaign is to reduce the number of fatal and injury collisions caused by senior drivers (aged 65 and over) within CHP jurisdiction by 5 percent by Sept. 30, 2011, said California Highway Patrol Commissioner Joe Farrow.

As part of the campaign, the CHP is launching statewide television and radio public service announcements that focus on senior traffic safety and mobility.  (WATCH ATTACHED VIDEO)

“With California’s senior population doubling in size by 2020, we need to take care of our older drivers, passengers and pedestrians using our roadways,” Commissioner Farrow said.