BOSTON, Jul 21, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Most baby boomers are reluctant to
discuss limiting driving with their parents, but their parents are more open to
the discussion, a U.S. survey indicates.
A national survey by Liberty Mutual Insurance indicates 75 percent of baby
boomers have never initiated a conversation about driving with their aging
parents out of concern for their reaction. Fifty-eight percent of the boomers
say they feared raising the issue would make one of their parents uncomfortable,
38 percent feared it would make them angry, 30 percent thought a parent may be
embarrassed, or 12 percent feared a parent would feel disrespected.
However, 94 percent of the seniors say they would not be embarrassed discussing
the topic and 80 percent say that such a conversation would not make them
uncomfortable.
Ninety-two percent of the seniors say their children "have a right" to raise the
issue with them.
Greg Gordon, senior vice president of Consumer Marketing at Liberty Mutual, says
the insurance company is offering a "Driver Seat Game," a flash-based video game
that simulates the physical and cognitive limitations that older drivers may
experience while operating a motor vehicle. The game can be played at
www.libertymutual.com/driverseat.
No margin of error was provided for the survey.
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