Marion Somers may be an expert on caring for elderly people, but that didn't mean it was a cinch persuading her father to quit driving. "It was one of the most serious and complicated issues that I've had to deal with," says Somers, author of "Elder Care Made Easier."
Taking the keys away from an aging parent means navigating tricky issues of independence and role reversal. But the decision is too serious to ignore.
Drivers over 75 have the second-highest rate, after teenagers, of fatal crashes per mile driven, according to Federal Highway Administration data from 2001.
Dan Mankin of Sun Valley, Idaho, says that his father, who lived in Santa Barbara, California, before he died at age 83, took it personally when Mankin took the car. "It hurt us all to see him so angry," says Mankin, "but the consequences could have been so horrendous."

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