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Home > Tags > DriveAbleOlga Tavares, Request for answers from Driver Fitness and Monitoring Branch
What gives your department the authority to demand that Alberta senior citizens, who apply to have their driving licenses renewed, be subjected to a Simard MD test or be referred for testing to DriveAble, a private for profit agency?
DriveABLE, product of Alberta Deal Generator
More than 140 accredited investors are participating in the Alberta Deal Generator’s Investor Network, making it the largest investor network in Canada. This network represents over $400 million in available capital…
Seniors referred to unnecessary Simard assessment
“Alberta Transportation does not require that individuals complete a Simard MD or DriveAble assessment for renewal of their Operator’s License”…
Studies show seniors are wiser drivers
A friend turned 75 years of age and had to have a medical examination form filled out by his physician in order to…
Dr. Christian Fuchs refuses to overrule DriveAble
Further to our meeting, you stated that one in six seniors suffers from dementia. We believe that you inferred that this statistic applied to the age group of those seventy – five years of age and over who apply for driving license renewal. Please advise us where you obtained such data?
Henry Yip, DriveABLE CEO
Henry Yip, DriveABLE CEO Henry Yip came to Canada from Shanghai in 1969 on a one-way plane ticket, and landed a successful business career that took him to the CEO post at an Edmonton company…
Dr. Bonnie Dobbs: Call for scientific validation, Simard MD
Further to your correspondence of August 5, 2010. You state that “the SIMARD MD 1. has been validated against actual driving performance 1. been scientifically validated as an effective screening tool”.
Targeting Seniors with DriveABLE
We have uncovered a government initiative designed to arbitrarily strip seniors of their rights and their driving licenses…
Is DriveABLE workABLE?
The DriveABLE test involves sitting in front of a touch-screen computer with three extra buttons at the bottom. Most seniors being tested this way are unfamiliar with computers, touch screens, and computer-generated visuals. If they fail, they are told so within 2 minutes by a clerk. There is no appeal; the licence is revoked on the spot. You can retest after 6 months for $200. Imagine being told you are cognitively deficient, not by your doctor but by a clerk.
Beware of the Simard MD
The SIMARD MD test purports to be a screening tool for the identification of cognitively impaired medically at-risk drivers. It consists of three questions that supposedly identifies if a person is cognitively fit to drive. At the beginning of the test the person is given 10 words. He/she must repeat as many as possible. […]
DriveAble responsible for license taken from BC senior deemed fit to drive
A Vancouver senior is criticizing the B.C. government for taking away his driver’s licence despite assessments by doctors who said he is fit to drive. “Driving has been my bread and butter my whole life, that’s how I made my living,” Robert Dent, 74, told the CBC’s Go Public. “I miss my job. I miss […]
DriveAble Report Used to Strip Senior of Rights
The following was excerpted from a lengthy complaint which had been made to the Alberta Law Society concerning the abuse of Martha Matich, February 25, 2000, prepared by the Elder Advocates of Alberta Society…
Senior Referred to third party for unjust driver assessment
Transcription (edited) I was called on December 9, 2009 by a nurse who said her name was Sandra Butler and worked with Doctor J. Wong at the Gateway Pharmacy, 3803 Calgary Trail. [I was] to come in [and] have a chat with her. I was approached in the office by Sandra asking me to follow […]
Unauthorized Sharing of Driver Information to 3rd Party, DriveAble
We have uncovered a government initiative designed to arbitrarily strip seniors of their rights and their driving licenses. Presently, seventy year olds are being targeted…