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MEDICAL CATASTROPHE AT THE WHEEL
Author(s) -
Hossack Donald W.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1980.tb134888.x
Subject(s) - hazard , position (finance) , section (typography) , transport engineering , risk analysis (engineering) , computer security , forensic engineering , business , engineering , computer science , advertising , finance , chemistry , organic chemistry
There is a widely held view in the community that elderly, and medically unfit, drivers are a hazard in the road system. It is important, therefore, that the true position regarding these drivers should be put before the public, because it appears from available evidence that this group does not provide a greater risk on the road than the general cross‐section of drivers.