Some places allow drivers with disabilities to drive under restricted conditions. Is that a good idea?
Restricted or de-graduated licensing means that persons with specific medical and functional conditions are only licensed to drive under certain conditions such as during day-light hours, on certain low traffic roads or within a limited distance from their home. The evaluation of the type of restriction to apply is made on a case-by-case basis. Almost every province except Ontario has some form of de-graduated licensing, however there is a great deal of variation in the rules and in how they are applied. Seniors’ groups, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and the Ontario Medical Association are all keenly interested in the idea of de-graduated’ licensing. Clearly, de-graduated licensing offers more independence than complete loss of driving privileges It would also lessen the possible strain on the physician-patient relationship if de-graduated licensing were an alternative to complete cessation of driving.The concept of de-graduated licensing is supported by evidence in the younge
