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Oldster Speedsters

I can see it now: Senior citizens angling with teenagers at the video arcades to get a turn at one of those race-car games where ...

driving-video-game.jpg I can see it now: Senior citizens angling with teenagers at the video arcades to get a turn at one of those race-car games where you grab the wheel of a car and lean side to side as you try to pass other animated cars without hitting them.

Seniors may want the practice. Virginia's DMV is studying a simulator that tests their ability to drive safely. If put into use, older drivers seeking license renewal would be tested on vision, hearing or other physical or mental conditions that might impair their ability to navigate the roads safely.

Ellen Perlman was a GOVERNING staff writer and technology columnist.
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