The following is from David Wenner, Medical society surveys non-organ donors, www.pennlive.com, Feb. 8, 2008:

About 20 percent of Pennsylvania drivers who aren’t organ donors say they want to be one but just haven’t gotten around to it.

The Pennsylvania Medical Society, which wants people to be donors, recently surveyed non-donor licensed drivers to find out why they’re not donors. It found 42.6 percent of them hadn’t considered being an organ donor. Another 37.5 had considered it but don’t feel comfortable being a donor.

The medical society is stressing that 98,000 people in the United States are waiting for transplants, and many will die because no organ becomes available.

Pennsylvania allows people to register to be a donor and have it indicated on their driver’s license. People can do so online at www.dmv.state.pa.us.