'Keep going as long as you can': Anna May McHugh urges older drivers not to doubt themselves

Keynote speaker Anna May McHugh told the conference on older drivers and road safety in Tralee that people have to be careful 'but you don’t want to be pushed out of the way either'. Picture: Domnick Walsh 

Older drivers have been urged to “keep going” as long as they can — and it is safe to do so — amid an increased climate of aggression and speed on the roads and more complicated road layout systems.

Research has shown that older drivers — the classification is for those aged 55 and over — are safer drivers and are least likely to be involved in a collision, a conference on older drivers road safety heard in Tralee on Tuesday.