--- title: "Nine Shift post: Boomers driving more dangerously" description: Look for greater public awareness and concern over people driving, especially the huge Baby Boomer generation now approaching 70 years of age. image: https://blog.lern.com/hs-fs/file-603307905-jpg/images/stcroix-resized-600.jpg --- [LERN Club Sign-In](http://beta.lern.org/club/) [![lern-logo.png](https://blog.lern.com/hubfs/June-folder/lern-logo.png "lern-logo.png")](http://lern.org) ** # Articles # Nine Shift post: Boomers driving more dangerously Fri, Mar 21,2014 @ 12:30 PM by William Draves | **Look for greater public awareness and concern over people driving, especially the huge![stcroix resized 600](https://blog.lern.com/hs-fs/file-603307905-jpg/images/stcroix-resized-600.jpg) Baby Boomer generation now approaching 70 years of age.** Driving is very dangerous.  But older drivers cause even more accidents. Boomers are caught between wanting to drive forever, and wanting to live forever. You'll see some futile technology and futile laws to promote safer driving, but they won't work. We're getting close to Boomers switching from cars to trains, just like Generation Y has already done. Photo: The beautiful St. Croix River, maybe the most scenic river in America. [![New Call-to-Action](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/119076/fd93817b-badb-4821-b39d-136d5ad05655.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/119076/fd93817b-badb-4821-b39d-136d5ad05655)       ### LATEST NEWS Video: How to Get the Most From a LERN Membership LERN Video - The LERN Program Review: Position Your Unit for Success LERN Cancellation Rates and New Programs: A Lesson From Netflix Kathryn Lynch-Morin Ready for Liftoff: Drones and Drone Courses are More Popular Than Ever Kathryn Lynch-Morin Working with the University of Nebraska - Omaha LERN [Tweets by @LernUpdates](https://twitter.com/LernUpdates) [LERN Club Sign-In](http://beta.lern.org/club/)