DriveSharp software can train older drivers improve their skills.

As we get older, our brain ability to process visual information declin, which can translate to less capability to quickly analyse and act on what the eyes see. In our daily lives, one of the activities mostly affected by aging, is driving, which requires the tracking of multitude moving objects and not all of them located in our vision periferic.To help those older drivers deal with that fact of life, one of the ideas advanced today is to train the brain to think and react faster on the road by putting a user through brief, repetitive exercises aimed at bolstering his or her visual -processing abilities.A new software program called DriveSharp by a company named Posit Science, aims to do just that.
According to the Wall Street Journal, DriveSharp "is a pair of simple-looking visual memory games accompanied with some assessments tests." The company claims that its techniques have been deemed effective by researchers at improving visual processing.
Convinced of the effectiveness of its product, Posit Science claims that people who follow the program's instructions and use it for twenty minutes, at least three times a week , can cut their "crash-risk" by a whooping 50% and be able to stop their cars at least 22 feet sooner while going 55 miles per hour.
Maybe the fact that the AAA's Foundation for Traffic Safety has endorsed the product is a telling sign that there has to be some true to the claims.
Anyway, the Wall Street Journal which has tested the product, said that it is easy to use, work for both PC and MAC and is reasonably priced at $139 from the company Web site and offered at a discount at $99 by participating AAA clubs.

For more, see WSJ.com