The days of the baby boomers are coming to an end and with them is a coming generation of retirees who grew up in a time when the automobile was everything. The census bureau recently published a report that detailed a near doubling of the older population sixty five and over by the year 2030 which leaves over seventy million people over the age of sixty five. One of the biggest impacts of having this many elderly people around will be on driving.

Everyone has been stuck in traffic behind a gray-haired old lady before wondering how she is allowed to drive, or has been cut off by an elderly man who is completely unaware of what he just did. So now you are left to wonder, how are we going to deal with one in four drivers being over the age of sixty five? The first thing we can do is to monitor our own parents and relatives, encouraging them to drive less and perhaps travel less.

This can be done in a couple of ways; moving into a retirement community, moving in with relatives, hiring drivers when needed, or even renting a car when needed. A friend of mine whose relatives live in Atlanta recently decided to sell their cars because they were unnecessary in their lives. When asked about how they deal with the lack of freedom they respond simply that when they want to drive somewhere they still can.

How you might wonder? By doing a monthly car rental in Atlanta, GA they can still have a car when they want to travel for extended periods of time, but they are able to avoid the temptation to drive on a daily basis. More importantly is that they can also do passenger van rentals in Atlanta when they have a large load that they need to transport and if they want to take the whole family out to dinner, grand kids and all, there are 15 passenger van rentals in Atlanta.