Abstract
The number of relinquishment of the driver's license is growing each year, but it is difficult for them to go shopping or go to the hospital without a car. In this paper, we carried out a questionnaire survey for those who have driver's license and who relinquished the driver's license, in urban and mountainous areas of Okayama Prefecture. We look for the factor's of needs that how to go shopping or to consult doctors without driving. As a result, it has discovered that if they have trouble commuting because of residence inconvenient area or physical weakness, they tend to use life support service more. In order to support independent life of who relinquished the driver's license, it is important to expand the life support service especially in hilly and mountainous area, accompanying with the promotion of relinquishment of the driver's license.
