Korea has been heading for aged society after having recently
passed through aging society, and will be confronted with serious
problems especially in traffic safety area owing to aging population.
For instance, the possibility that older drivers might be involved in
traffic accidents would be growing higher and higher. Some of the
traffic safety policies were introduced to reduce the possibility from
the ‘survival of fittest’ and ‘fitting for survival’ perspectives in this
paper. More specifically, reinforcement of the current aptitude test
system, introduction of conditional driver’s license, development and
dissemination of traffic safety education program, and so on were
discussed in the context of traffic safety for older drivers.