{"id":171084,"date":"2025-05-22T11:21:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T02:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=171084&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-05-22T11:21:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T02:21:26","slug":"experts-urge-elderly-switch-support-cars","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/experts-urge-elderly-switch-support-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts Urge Elderly to Switch to Support Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amid a rise in traffic accidents involving elderly drivers in Fukuoka Prefecture, experts are urging the use of &#8220;Support Cars&#8221; equipped with safety functions such as automatic braking and misstep prevention. Recent incidents included a vehicle driven by a woman in her 70s hitting a group of children, and another crashing into a financial institution. Officials stress that while support vehicles help reduce accidents, driver education and regular self-checks are also essential. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20250520\/5010028235.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-164544\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/fnn_tenjin-watanabedori-car_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C1023&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Experts Urge Elderly to Switch to Support Cars\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/fnn_tenjin-watanabedori-car_2024_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/fnn_tenjin-watanabedori-car_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C219&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/fnn_tenjin-watanabedori-car_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C748&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/fnn_tenjin-watanabedori-car_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C561&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid a rise in traffic accidents involving elderly drivers in Fukuoka Prefecture, experts are urging&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":164545,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-171084","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-society","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/171084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171084"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}