<p>Pressure of work is putting the lives of elderly drivers at risk, while younger people are not interested in the job, bus officials told Shanghai Daily. A 58-year-old bus driver died July 22 of a heart attack while driving a bus.<br /><br />In a similar fatality in November last year, a veteran driver died of a brain haemorrhage while on duty.<br /><br />Visual impairment, high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease are common among older city bus drivers, said the study by the Shanghai Bashi Transportation Group Co.<br />The research found that a total of 2,337 drivers - some eight percent of the 28,428 drivers across the city - were older than 55.<br /><br />It said 81 percent of elderly drivers suffer from various ailments, while 68 percent want to retire before they reach 60, the age for retirement.<br /><br />"The aging problem is a challenge. Young people are not willing to join because of the low pay, low social status and hardships," an official said.</p>
<p>Pressure of work is putting the lives of elderly drivers at risk, while younger people are not interested in the job, bus officials told Shanghai Daily. A 58-year-old bus driver died July 22 of a heart attack while driving a bus.<br /><br />In a similar fatality in November last year, a veteran driver died of a brain haemorrhage while on duty.<br /><br />Visual impairment, high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease are common among older city bus drivers, said the study by the Shanghai Bashi Transportation Group Co.<br />The research found that a total of 2,337 drivers - some eight percent of the 28,428 drivers across the city - were older than 55.<br /><br />It said 81 percent of elderly drivers suffer from various ailments, while 68 percent want to retire before they reach 60, the age for retirement.<br /><br />"The aging problem is a challenge. Young people are not willing to join because of the low pay, low social status and hardships," an official said.</p>