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December 14, 2008 Inside Detroit autos: Plan to aid older drivers to expand Plan to aid older drivers to expand Ford Motor Co. will expand a pilot program with a nonprofit group to help older drivers evaluate their ability to safely drive a motor vehicle. Ford worked with the Traffic Improvement Association to present 38 workshops at hospitals and senior centers around Michigan in 2008. Even more workshops will be offered in 2009. The three-day workshops are confidential, voluntary and designed to allow seniors to evaluate their own skills. The program is being offered at a critical time, as the elderly population grows faster than any other. The aging baby boomer generation is expected to increase the number of U.S. licensed drivers 65 and older by 25% in the next decade, as its oldest members turn 65 in 2011. By 2020, their number will reach 40 million. Other than teenage drivers, drivers age 65 and older have the highest accident and traffic fatality rates among all age groups, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.