Free Senior Driver Safety Class Offered Via CHP

MORGAN HILL, CA — Objects appear smaller and move faster than planned when you get older.

That's why the California Highway Patrol’s Hollister-Gilroy office and its crew of senior volunteers would like to help out with the reflexes and reminders with a free driving seminar called “Age Well Drive Smart.”

The presentation scheduled for June 20 is aimed at the community’s senior drivers. It lasts for about three hours and starts at 1 p.m. in the Morgan Hill Community and Cultural Center at 17000 Monterey Rd.

Class participants will:

• Tune up their driving skills
• Refresh their knowledge of the rules of the road
• Learn about normal age-related physical changes and how to adjust to those
• Become better, safer and more alert drivers
• Discuss when it may be time to limit or stop driving
• Understand alternatives to driving

Anyone interested in participating is asked to sign up with CHP Officer Chris Miceli by calling 408-848-2324, ext. 211.

Note that some automobile insurance companies offer their members a discount on auto insurance premiums for completing this class. Participants are urged to check on that.

Funding for this program is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.