ABSTRACT
Training for all elderly persons, including pedestrians, cyclists, users of public means, etc., leaving the traffic system unchanged, seems a task impossible to be achieved because of the gigantic amount of labour that would imply. However, one could agree upon establishing training facilities voluntarily to be visited by people who want to get training of that kind in order to improve their own preconditions for taking part in traffic safely. For elderly road users the possibility to take part in traffic safely and flexibly – independently of chosen mode – means the basic difference between getting older still remaining an active and self-confident member of society, on one hand, and being forced into isolation by the circumstances, on the other hand.
