1Chief, Traffic Branch, Division of Accident Prevention, U.S. Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, D.C.
Abstract
Because of seat-belt campaigns, the public is better informed than ever before. It is demanding better traffic-safety programs and more effective legislation to support them. An example is the growing interest in the states for physical and mental examination as a part of driver-licensing procedure. Who should make the necessary medical reports; how should they be made; how do medications and drugs affect driving ability; what to do about licensing people admitted to and discharged from mental institutions? Driver-license administrators are asking the public-health and medical professions for help with these medical problems of driver licensure.