Articles Tagged: DriveAble
Home > Tags > DriveAbleB.C. senior loses driver’s licence after miscommunication
A B.C. senior says she has lost her independence after being required to re-take her driver’s licence test and then failing it — two outcomes she’s blaming on a lack of language skills, not driving skills. Aino Leskinen, 84, came to Canada from Finland when she was 33. She couldn’t speak English, but could drive. […]
Simard & DriveABLE Publications
July, 2010 The Introduction of a New Screening Tool for the Identification of Cognitively Impaired Medically At-Risk Drivers: The SIMARD, A Modification of the DemTect, Bonnie M. Dobbs and Donald Schopflocher, (Journal of Primary Care & Community Health July 2010 Vol 1, 2: 119-127) http://jpc.sagepub.com/content/1/2/119.full.pdf+html? ijkey=4CCEVM5wPAVBw&keytype=ref&siteid=spjpc April, 2011 The SIMARD Screening Tool to Identify Unfit […]
Protest by the British Columbia retired teachers’ association
The Province’s DriveABLE program tests drivers with a computer touch screen and has resulted in people having their drivers’ licence cancelled. We believe recent efforts to improve the DriveABLE program’s image and accessibility are simply wrongheaded. The program is not “misunderstood” – it is simply wrong: poorly conceived, unsupported by current science, a violation of […]
Senior driving issues overview
Challenging the Simard MD Renewing your driving license In Alberta, the legal requirement to have one’s license renewed is that: 1. a physician carries out a physical exam on the senior who wishes to have his license renewed 2. the physician sign the Medical Examination For Motor Vehicle Operators Form which certifies that on the […]
Simons presses for review of DriveABLE
Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons is pressing government for an independent review of the DriveABLE program, which assesses a senior’s ability to drive, because he says it’s only accurate half of the time. “Nobody’s got an issue with taking drivers off the road who should be, but when you’ve got the validity of a […]
Tasmania Discontinues Senior Driver Assessments
Compulsory annual driving assessments for Tasmanian drivers aged 85 or older ended on October 2011. This change will place the responsibility of driving in the hands of the driver. The driver is the best person to determine whether or not they should drive, and where they should drive. Older drivers are very good at deciding […]
DriveABLE abuses seniors.
Say NO, to DriveABLE!
DriveABLE instructs patients not to drive
In this notice to patients, DriveABLE instructs licensed drivers not to drive to their assessment.
DriveABLE targets seniors
In this document from DriveABLE, it is made clear that they target seniors for their assessment programs.
DriveABLE not accredited with Better Business Bureau
“This Business is not BBB Accredited” via Better Business Bureau
DriveAble housed in AHS facility
DriveABLE Assessment Corp. Inc. multi-million dollar, private for profit enterprise, housed in Alberta Health Services (AHS) Red Deer Health Care Centre misrepresenting themselves as if they were part of AHS and approved by Alberta Transportation…
Call for end to discriminatory testing
Seniors are the safest drivers on Alberta roads, so why is your government allowing them to be subjected to the unfair, discriminatory testing by the Simard MD and the DriveAble personnel?
Recommendations for Driver Assessment
Letter from Concerned Albertan, Rena Braund Box 332 Plamondon, AB T0A 2T0 September 3, 2012 Assistant Deputy Minister Transportation Safety Services 4999-98 Avenue NW Edmonton, AB, T6B 2X3 Attention: Shaun Hammond Dear Sir: This is a follow-up to our August 21, 2012 meeting with you, the Minister of Transport and Ruth Adria & company. Your […]
Alberta Driver Fitness illegally demands DriveABLE assessment
In this letter to a senior truck driver, Alberta Driver Fitness & Monitoring Officer L. Benson falsely indicates that a DriveABLE assessment is required to obtain his license. “In addition, succesfully pass the DriveABLE Assessment and have all results forwarded to this office for consideration of an appeal review.” This is in direct contradiction to […]
DriveABLE misrepresenting Alberta Health Services
Note in this letter that DriveABLE thanks the Doctor for the referral, and that the Alberta Health Services logo is prominently featured on the DriveABLE letterhead. “DriveABLE is a private company and is not affiliated with the Government of Alberta” – Fred Horne, MLA…