If you are experiencing any neck or shoulder pain due to driving, have found yourself getting more frustrated behind the wheel than usual, or have experienced any close call that has left you feeling like your reaction time is not what it used to be, it is best to consult with a doctor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nRemember that it is perfectly acceptable to change your driving practices as you get older.\u00a0 If driving at night or in certain types of weather is uncomfortable for you, do not put yourself in those situations.\u00a0 Become familiar with alternate transportation options in your area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In January 2015, the state of Virginia implemented a new law which requires drivers age 75 and over to renew their license in person every five years.\u00a0 This is change to their previous law, which required drivers 80 and older to renew in person every 8 years.\u00a0 Virginia is one of 20 states requiring seniors […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":1247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[216,215],"acf":[],"modified_by":"ArticlesTips","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1254"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1254"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1266,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1254\/revisions\/1266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}