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Policymakers and the private sector should enact meaningful rules and standards to provide government oversight and consumer protection against nuisance telemarketing calls and telemarketing fraud.

Policymakers should ensure that telemarketing practices incorporate consumer protections. Telemarketers should: 

Policymakers should use effective, evidence-based assessment models to identify at-risk drivers of all ages. They should receive counseling or referrals, and appropriate action should be taken.

All telemarketing businesses and their agents that operate in a state should be required to be registered there.

The Federal Trade Commission should strengthen the Telemarketing Sales Rule.

Consumers should be protected against spam e-mail. Policymakers should prohibit misrepresentation of the sender, subject, or content of an e-mail.

Policymakers should ensure that personal delivery devices are deployed in a manner that supports pedestrian safety and accessibility, including for older adults and people with disabilities.

Congress should provide financial incentives for design modifications that improve the travel environment for older adults.

Traffic enforcement practices should be administered equitably, regardless of demographic or socioeconomic factors. 

Policymakers should promote the creation of mixed-use livable communities.