AARP Supports Reporting of Impaired Drivers

Feb 27, 2008 by Eric Ray

(KCPW News) AARP says it supports a bill allowing for confidential reporting of drivers believed to be a risk to themselves or others because it doesn't specifically target the elderly.

Laura Polacheck, Associate Director of the AARP of Utah, says since many driver license renewals are done through the mail or years apart, it's impossible for the Department of Motor Vehicles to recognize everyone's impairments. She says the measure allows the DMV to bring in someone with a suspected impairment to make sure they are safe to be behind the wheel.

The measure has passed the legislature and will go into law with the governor's signature. It provides for confidential, but not anonymous, reporting of a driver. It also makes it a Class B misdemeanor to falsely report a person.

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