CHICAGO (CBS) --Arguing age alone should no longer determine whether some seniors get to keep their driver's licenses, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is pushing to increase the age ...

Giannoulias pointed to statistics from the Illinois Department of Transportation that show in 2023, the crash rate for drivers 75 and older is 24.6 per 1,000 drivers, which is lower than every age ...

Illinois is currently the only state in the U.S. with a mandatory road test for seniors. "As secretary of state, my top priority is keeping Illinois roads safe and always making improvements to ...

A bill under consideration in Illinois would change driving test requirements for seniors. The proposed Road Safety & Fairness Act (HB1226) would raise the age from 79 to 87 for older Americans to ...

CHICAGO — Illinois drivers won’t have to take a driving test to renew their licenses until age 87 under a bill proposed by Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias. The Land of Lincoln is the only ...

Bipartisan legislation introduced in Springfield would also create a system for relatives to ask the state to step in if they think their aging loved ones are no longer capable of driving.

CHICAGO — Older drivers in Illinois could face fewer barriers to renew their driver’s licenses next year as part of a bill that would raise the age for the state-mandated annual driver’s ...

Illinois is the only state in the U.S. with a mandatory road test for seniors. The law requires drivers aged 79 and 80 to take a road exam if their four-year license renewal is up. For drivers ...

Under Illinois law, older adults have to jump through more hoops than people in other age groups to get their drivers licenses renewed. A proposed bill is a way to fix that.

A new bill could increase the age requirement for Illinois seniors to retake a behind-the-wheel drivers test. Right now, Illinois seniors need to retake a driving test at 79 years old. The new ...

Mandatory testing in Illinois started at age 75 before a temporary ... to renew their license and take a vision test, but not a road test. Such renewals would be required every two years from ...

(The Center Square) – Illinois is the only state that requires a behind-the-wheel driving test based on age, but that may soon change. Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said the Road ...