Do Seniors Need to Take Drivers License Yest Again

Topic:
Commuter LICENSES; ELDERLY;
Location:
MOTOR VEHICLES - LICENSES;

July 28, 2006		2006-R-0457
REQUIREMENTS IN OTHER STATES FOR ELDERLY DRIVERS RENEWING DRIVERS' LICENSES
By: James J. Fazzalaro, Principal Analyst

You asked what special requirements other states accept with regard to elderly drivers who are renewing their drivers ' licenses.

SUMMARY

There are relatively few states that have retesting requirements for license renewal that are aimed strictly at drivers in older age groups. Merely two states, Illinois and New Hampshire crave a road test (at age 75). A route exam may be administered at age 75 in the District of Columbia, but information technology is not mandatory. Although 10 states require only drivers who have reached a certain age to have a vision examination before license renewal, there is piddling consistency with respect to the historic period threshold at which the requirement applies. Two states begin vision testing at historic period 40, i at historic period fifty, and the others at anywhere from age 64 to historic period 80.

Other types of age-based weather condition involve states that either prohibit mail renewal past elderly drivers (5 states) or make older drivers renew their licenses at more frequent intervals than other drivers (15 states).

Merely iv states, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Nevada, accept laws explicitly stating that age solitary may non be considered justification for reexamination.

STATES WITH RETESTING REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIC TO OLDER DRIVERS

Separate requirements for license renewal based strictly on historic period are not all that common in other states and, in fact, the laws in a few states explicitly state that age alone is non acceptable grounds for driver reexamination. The most common blazon of age-based renewal requirement is a reduced renewal wheel for drivers that achieve certain ages, thus necessitating more frequent appearances at motor vehicle offices than younger drivers and in many cases more than frequent vision screenings in u.s. that require them for everyone at renewal. There are xv states that take this shorter renewal cycle requirement, in most cases, set up at one-half or two-thirds of the country ' due south normal renewal menses. Connecticut allows drivers who are historic period 65 or older to renew their licenses for two instead of half-dozen years, but this is at their choice.

Another requirement in some states that permit license renewals by mail is that drivers who accomplish a sure historic period renew in person rather than by post. In some cases renewal may also exist washed electronically via the internet. In five states—Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, and Louisiana—this selection is not allowed for drivers who have reached certain ages. In Connecticut, all license renewals must be done in person.

While a number of states have vision screening requirements that employ to all license renewal applicants, only 10 jurisdictions have vision retesting requirements specific to drivers in certain older age groups. However, there is no consistency among the x jurisdictions with respect to the historic period at which the vision testing requirement applies. Maine and Maryland begin vision testing at age 40; Oregon at historic period l (every eight years); Georgia at age 64; Arizona, S Carolina and Utah at historic period 65; the Commune of Columbia at historic period 70; and Florida and Virginia at age 80. South Carolina ' s age-specific vision testing requirement will no longer use start Oct 1, 2008 when all renewing drivers will be required to have a vision screening every five years. Although Florida requires a vision exam for renewing drivers who have reached age fourscore, it even so allows these applicants to renew their licenses by mail. (In Connecticut, beginning July one, 2007, the law requires every license holder to undergo a vision screening on every 2d license renewal regardless of historic period (CGS � fourteen-41). Although this requirement was beginning enacted in 1990, the legislature has postponed its implementation repeatedly for budgetary reasons.)

But ii states—Illinois and New Hampshire—require older drivers to retake a road exam when renewing their licenses. Indiana eliminated its renewal road examination for historic period 75 and in a higher place in 1999. In the District of Columbia, someone may be required to have a reaction exam if he has reached historic period seventy at renewal and a written and road test if he has reached age 75, but these are not mandatory. Whether they are administered is at the examiner ' s discretion.

Table 1 shows the states that have the age-specific requirements for renewal applicants described in a higher place.

Table 1: Historic period-Specific License Renewal Requirements

State	Renew Past Mail Prohibited For:	Shorter Renewal Cycle Applies	Age-Specific Vision or Route Test at Renewal
Alaska	Age 69+
Arizona	Age 70+	All licenses ordinarily valid until age 65. Historic period 65+ must become a five year license	Age 65-69 renewing by mail must submit verification of a vision exam conducted no more than iii months prior
California	Historic period 70+
Colorado	Age 61+	10 year normal term 5 years for historic period 61+
District of Columbia			Showtime renewal at age 70 or to a higher place—vision test is required and a reaction test may be required. Applicant must provide doctor ' s argument certifying his concrete and mental competency to bulldoze Written and road tests may be required on first renewal at or after age 75 simply are not mandatory
Florida			Vision test for historic period 80+ If renewing by mail, test must be performed by physician or optometrist
Georgia		v or 10 year option but v year only for age threescore+	Vision examination for age 64+
Hawaii		6 twelvemonth normal term 2 years for age 72+
Idaho		iv or 8 year option through age 62; Age 63+ get merely four year license
Illinois		4 year normal term 2 years for age 81-86 one year for age 87 and older	Age 75 and older must take road test at renewal
Indiana		4 year normal term iii years for age 75+
Iowa		5 yr normal term 2 year for age 65+
Kansas		6 yr normal term iv years for age 65+
Louisiana	Age 70+
Maine		6 year normal term iv years for historic period 65+	Vision test required at starting time renewal afterward age 40; every second renewal until age 62; every renewal after age 62
Maryland			Vision test at each renewal for age 40+
Missouri		6 year normal term 3 yr for age 70+
Montana		8 year if in person/4 year if renewed by postal service Age 75+ must get 4 year	No one may renew by mail for consecutive terms
New Hampshire			Age 75 and older must take road examination at renewal
New Mexico		4 or viii twelvemonth choice normal four years for drivers turning 75 in last one-half of viii yr bicycle and thereafter
Oregon			Vision screening every 8 years for age 50+
Rhode Isle		5 years normal term 2 years for historic period 70+
Southward Carolina		x years normal term 5 years for 65+	Vision examination for age 65 and older Starting time October 1, 2008, vision examination for all renewing drivers every five years regardless of age
Utah			Vision test for age 65 and older
Virginia			Vision exam for age lxxx and older

Although Maryland requires vision testing for all renewing drivers age 40 or older, its law besides specifically prohibits age lonely from being grounds for reexamination of a renewal applicant. In Nevada, applicants renewing by mail who are historic period seventy and older must include a medical study with their awarding. Just the law also prohibits age alone from being the sole justification for license reexamination. Minnesota law besides explicitly prohibits reexamination based solely on a renewal applicant ' southward age. Massachusetts law more often than not prohibits discrimination by reason of age with respect to driver licensing.

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Source: https://www.cga.ct.gov/2006/rpt/2006-R-0457.htm

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