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Age Well Drive Smart

Our Mission

 

To reduce motor vehicle collision and pedestrian deaths and injuries experienced by older Californians and to increase seniors' alternate transportation options when driving is no longer an option.

CHP Senior Driver/Mobility Program

 

The CHP's mission is to provide the highest level of safety, service, and security to the people of California. To that end, addressing older driver safety/mobility is a high priority for the CHP. Over the past six years, the Department has placed emphasis on the roadway safety and mobility of California's seniors. A list of these programs and efforts appears below.

  • Office of Traffic Safety Grant Programs: Senior Safety Classique (2002); Older Californian, Hispanic and Asian American Traffic Safety (2004); Older Drivers Driving Safer and Longer (2005); and Seniors Safe and Mobile (2006)

  • Older Adults and Traffic Safety (OATS) Task Force Participant (2000 - 2002)

  • Older Californian Traffic Safety (OCTS) Task Force - Chair, Coordinator, and Participant (2003 - 2009)

  • Served as a consultant to a Bay Area public television station to produce a program addressing senior driving issues, The Golden Road (2003)

  • CHP Redwood City Area Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) - Driving Wellness Program (Unlock Your Potential) (2004)

  • ​Consultant to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in developing a standardized older driver law enforcement curriculum (2005)

  • The Department is a major stakeholder in the development an implementation of the state's Strategic Highway Safety Plan (response to the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Safety Act: A Legacy for Users [SAFETEA-LU]); older driver safety/mobility is an emphasis area (2006)

  • Dissemination of statewide older driver/mobility public awareness presentation package to CHP Areas (2007).

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For further information, please contact your local CHP Area office.


Funding for Age Well Drive Smart is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency

 

 

 

Can I drive by myself in the carpool lane?Can I drive by myself in the carpool lane?<p>​No, the law generally restricts solo drivers from using carpool lanes, also known as high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes. </p><p>However, there are exceptions to the rule. In very specific circumstances, a single-occupant vehicle may be allowed to use a carpool lane and these guidelines should help you determine when it is OK. Be aware some carpool lanes have signs posted which specify local rules. Those roadway signs should always be your first guide to determining what is allowed in that carpool lane.</p>

 
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