[Psychological aspects of traffic fitness of aging car drivers].

With the increase in the proportion of older car drivers in road traffic of the G.D.R. it becomes more necessary to carry out traffic psychological fitness examinations stronger related to health indications. The present paper is occupied with accident frequency, accident causes, indications of age-induced changes in relevant traffic psychological performance demands, and it gives references with regard to a self-assessment of age-induced impairments in driving behaviour.