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There a new road-safety strategy in central Japan to elderly drivers to stop driving. A company that 89 funeral homes is a 15 per cent discount on funeral services to any driver over the age of 75 who their driving licence. The discount also to family members of those relinquishing their licence. The scheme the full backing of the local police force. Drivers must a police station to hand in their licence. Police officers then provide a document, which the elderly person to the funeral home as proof they that are no longer allowed to drive. Similar schemes in Japan have cut-price taxi fares, discounts on entry to public baths and cheaper noodles.

The latest initiative a further attempt to the number of traffic accidents involving seniors, which is a serious problem in Japan. There almost 5 million licence holders in Japan over the age of 75. This is double the number from a decade ago. In that same period, there has an increase in the number of fatal collisions involving elderly drivers. Drivers aged 75 or older for 13.2 per cent of fatal traffic accidents in central Japan's Aichi Prefecture last year. This is up from 7.7 per cent in 2007. Aichi police some of those accidents seniors the accelerator and brake pedals or mistakenly the vehicle into reverse.