Report Indicates that Older Drivers More Likely To Have Technology Distract Them

When Carol Baker, a 76-year-old driver from Annapolis, Maryland, gets behind the wheel of her 2016 Buick Enclave, her phone automatically connects to the car.

She uses the Bluetooth technology to call friends and change the radio station without taking her eyes off the road. But sometimes, the system doesn’t pick up Baker's voice right away.

“It doesn’t always understand what I’m saying,” she says. “That can be a little frustrating.”

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MDarringer - 7/25/2019 11:08:32 AM

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My great-grandfather (92) recently had to get a new car. If you met him, you'd assume he's 60 or so. He's very athletic, 100% sharp, and competent driver. The #1 thing I noticed was that touch screens were not intuitive for him. He likes knobs. Grudgingly, he has had to accept them.

MDarringer - 7/25/2019 7:32:54 PM

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Yeah vote down a 92 year old man who runs in marathons and has a teenage son. LOL #KarmasGonnaGetcha

dumpsty - 7/25/2019 4:48:02 PM

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Yeah, most average older drivers think slower, move slower, require more time to learn newest tech...if they even bother to use it all.

TomM - 7/25/2019 5:25:13 PM

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As far as bothering to use it at all - Most people don't use a lot of the tech in their cars - How many still Parallel park to begin with - much less have their car do it for them.

The fact is - most people rarely use LOTS of things that are not even High Tech in their cars. Very Few Automatic Transmissions are shifted Manually - I have such a possibility on my Chrysler Mini-Van - cannot imagine a reason to use it. But then - there are LOTS of Radio stations available too - and most people have one or two favorites and rarely tune in others.