3 hendy ifa prague - older drivers and rights

IFA 11th Global Conference Prague Older Driver – Human Rights

• Australia is ageist

• Age and capacity linked in our thinking

• Older people experience age discrimination in many ways

• Manifests in all facets of life :

health services

employment

public attitude

• Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission

• Human Rights Charter 2002

• Positive duty to take reasonable & proportionate measures tp prevent discrimination, including on the basis of ageing

• COTA hearing from older people on discrimination

• Commission partnered the work

• Driving stories

• COTA & VEOHRC developed survey

• 200+ older driver stories

• Interviews by Commission

• Police

• Road (Licensing) authority

• Medical Association

• Licenses being reduced to 3yrs from 10 at 75 years, no known issue

• 200+ older driver stories

• Interviews by Commission

• Police

• Road (Licensing) authority

• Medical Association

Outcomes •Report to state government •Review approaches of government institutions? •Public awareness/ campaign on discrimination