255 CarFit
Community & Government | Registration opens 8/5/25 9:00 AM EDT
CarFit provides drivers with information to get the most safety, comfort, and confidence from their own cars. The program is all-volunteer and free of charge. This program is supported by national partners AARP and the America Occupational Therapy Association.
Drivers come to the event in their own vehicles and go through three stations set up in the parking lot.
- Check in Station: drivers will be greeted, given a waiver to sign, then given a checklist provided by the national partners. Drivers will then drive to the Checkup station.
- Checkup: trained volunteers will go through the checklist with the drivers, suggesting possible adjustments the driver might make to the car. The volunteers will not make the adjustments – only the driver can make those.
- Checkout: a volunteer will go through the remainder of the checklist, offering additional information or providing help with issues not resolved at the Checkup station, and give the driver a copy of the
CarFit is not a mechanical checkup of the vehicle, nor is it in any way a “test” or measurement of driving competence.
For more information, please visit: www.car-fit.org
Don Lindsey
Don Lindsey retired in 2016 from AAA in Tennessee after more than 39 years conducting traffic safety, public affairs and public relations efforts. During those years, he worked with local, state, and national groups doing scores of traffic safety programs and earning the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Volunteer Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America and the Director's Award from the Tennessee Highway Safety Office. Don lives in Knoxville and is active in the Optimist Club, AARP, the Front Page Foundation, and other community service organizations.