[Elderly and brain-damaged drivers in Spain].
OBJECTIVE
The number of drivers and vehicles crossing our roads increases every year. Driving a car requires cognitive, psychomotor and psychological aptitudes and abilities that they should be assessed when the driving license is getting.


METHODS
The current expectancy of life implies the increasing number of elderly people as drivers. The survival of brain injured people has increased because of scientific and technological improvements. The cognitive, emotional and behavioral sequelae of brain injury could influence in the ability to drive. However, the measures of this driving ability are not yet well established.


CONCLUSIONS
Having in mind the legal dispositions, we would like to analyse the psychometric tests administering to get the driving licence and their sensitivity to assess brain injured people. It is also important to know how to manage cognitive deterioration drivers.
Lorente Rodríguez
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Departamento de Psicologia Básica II, Facultad de Psicologia, Universidad Complutense, Pozuelo de Alarcon, España.
Fernández Guinea
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D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000517:prevention & control; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001333:Automobile Driver Examination / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D003704:Dementia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016743:Mental Competency; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D013030:Spain; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology