A very important part of an individual’s return to independence following an injury, illness or accident is the ability to return to driving with safety.
The Duke Driving Program evaluates a persons driving potential or enable a person to return to safe driving. The driving program evaluates new and mature drivers. The Clinical Driving Evaluation assess’ various components of the driving process. All testing is done within the clinic, and takes approximately two to three hours to complete
What is evaluated?
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Visual acuity
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Visual perceptual skills
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Night vision and glare recovery
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Memory/cognitive skills
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Safety/judgment skills
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Understanding of traffic signs
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Understanding of road regulations
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Physical functioning
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Eye-foot and eye-hand reaction time speed
The clinical driving evaluation is performed by an occupational therapist with specialty training in driver rehabilitation services including staff with national certification in driver rehabilitation services.
