Driver and passenger rehabilitation

on-road assessmentOTRS is your specialist organisation in the Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Coromandel and Auckland for driver and passenger rehabilitation. Using the unique driving simulator, we evaluate your driving capability in a safe and non-threatening environment.

A drive in your own car or the modified assessment car checks your road safety.

Advice will be given on your physical and cognitive (thinking skills) function as it relates to driving.

For both drivers and passengers information will be provided on suitable vehicles and modifications, including seating, driving controls wheelchairs hoists.

A driving assessment is appropriate for:

  • Anyone who has a medical condition or injury and needs to determine their ability to drive safely and/or advice on vehicle modifcations
  • Older persons who have lost confidence or noticed a deterioration in their driving skills
  • Learner drivers who are unsure of their potential to learn to drive, due to their disability or medical condition
  • Learner drivers who require the use of a vehicle with modifications to compensate for any physical limitations
  • Commercial class drivers who require medical fitness to drive

Download the Driving Assement Brouchure (pdf)  |  Download the referral for occupational therapy driving assessment form (pdf) 

Questions to ask the driver

  

Questions to ask the family
  1. Have you noticed any change in your driving skills or behaviour, eg. road rage?
  2. Do others toot at you or show signs of irritation?
  3. Have you lost any confidence in your overall driving ability, leading you to drive less often?
  4. Have you ever become lost while driving?
  5. Have you ever forgotten where you were going?
  6. Do you think that at present you are unsafe to drive?
  7. Have you had any car accidents in the last year?
  8. Any near misses or crashes with other cars in car parks?
  9. Have you received any traffic tickets for speeding, going too slow, improper turns, failure to stop, etc.?
  10. Have others criticised your driving or refused to drive with you?
  
  1. Do you feel uncomfortable in any way driving with the person?
  2. Have you noted any abnormal or unsafe driving behaviour?
  3. Has the person had any recent crashes?
  4. Has the person had near-misses?
  5. Has the person received any tickets or traffic violations?
  6. Are other drivers forced to drive defensively to accommodate the person"s errors in judgement?
  7. Does the person need a co-pilot to alert them to potentially hazardous events or conditions?
  8. Have others commented to you on the person"s unsafe driving?

Driving_1

Assessment in car

Driving 2

Right radial hand controls

Driving 3

Left foot accelerator

Driving 4

Steering wheel spinner

 

 

           

CanDAT cognitive assessment

             

Side loading wheelchair hoist

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