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COVID-19 Safety Tips for Senior Drivers

Apr 28, 2021

The commercial website Bankrate.com has a good article on safety tips for senior drivers. Check it out. Here is anexcerpt:

What can I do?

The CDC provides extra guidance for those using public forms of transportation, who want to do what they can for the safety of themselves and others.

  • Always use a mask and wear gloves if you expect to touch any surfaces during your outing.
  • Avoid unmasked drivers and passengers.
  • Use social distancing when in public, always allowing for a distance of six feet between you and others. Allow for as much of a distance as possible between you and the driver, as well as other passengers.
  • Refrain from touching surfaces that could spread bacteria or germs, such as door frames, windows, subway poles, and pay terminals.
  • If you must touch surfaces, use an EPA-approved hand sanitizer or disinfectant afterward, to kill germs that may have transferred to your person.
  • Avoid contact through touchless payments, instead using your own phone to schedule rides or adjust orders.
  • Improve ventilation wherever possible, either by opening windows or requesting that the driver put the air on a non-recirculation mode.
  • If you are not feeling well, stay home. Even if you do not have COVID-19, an immune system weakened by illness of any kind can make you more susceptible to contracting other viruses or infections.

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