What happens when you don't die?  The simple answer is you live!  I know that seems obvious but there is more to it than that.

When you live, you get old, when you get old, you get frail, and when you get frail, you need help.  This is a paradigm that many insurance companies use to help people realize that Long Term Care Insurance is an important investment for younger people while they have their health.

This also describes what unavoidably happens in each of our lives as a driver behind the wheel of a motor vehicle.  Not many people can easily see that as they age their ability to operate a vehicle becomes more and more difficult to do with an adequate safety margin.

Please check out this link to see a feature article on this very topic during the Today Show on November 10, 2010.  The article unfortunately comes with a 30 second commercial that I don't know how to get rid of so please persist and see the article to increase your awareness about a subtle but increasing threat on our nation's highways.

How would you recommend opening a discussion of this issue with your parents? 

What about someone in your own neighborhood that you were very fond of?

Please share your thoughts to help others on this very important issue.