Old people driving

[screwballl]

Originally Posted by gvblake22

HAHAHA, you must be near Naples, eh?

no we get the Canadian snowbirds, the ones that don't mind 30ºF nights. The rest of the crazy old people go further south

[Oldfatslob]

Hey, all the young whipersnapper punks that the (guess who) insurance companies say has the most accidents even deaths in the Americas, 1st teenagers, then, (I won't say south of me people).

[Zambini]

Yea, but thats cuz we are stupid, trying to impress someone, or drunk. (I don't drive drunk).

Old people are incapable. Big difference....

[drew and not u]

It's a difficult argument. We had a good friend almost get paralyzed when an elderly woman in a large Caddillac pulled up behind him and his motorcylcle at a stoplight, she never saw him and pulled up the light right on top of him. I agree that many elderly people become unfit to safely drive after their senses deteriorate. However, society must be willing to provide effective and convenient transportation to these folks if we're going to take away their ability to drive. Services like C.A.R.Ts are a good step, but taxpayers aren't willing to alot more money to these services.

[polobunny]

Originally Posted by Zambini

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Old people should be REQUIRED TO TAKE A DRIVERS TEST EVERY YEAR!

The government keeps giving my grandpa his drivers license even though he has been chair-ridden for the past 2 or 3 years.

Agree.
But not just old people, everyone should take a test. Just a routine checkup. I know the problem though, huge load on the system, but it would be a good thing in my opinion. There's so much bad drivers it's crazy. You might even be one and you don't know it! :P

[screwballl]

Oh I think the required vision test, written test AND physical driving test should be mandatory every year once you hit 70. Also if there is a medical condition then possibly earlier.

[Blondie]

My son's great grandmother drove until her 90's; when they (family) took her car away. Something needs to be done for sure.

[Quakindude]

Old people driving usually piss me off. There's a couple that I've seen that aren't a hazard, but those are few and far between. Hopefully, when I'm that age, I'll have the sense like both sets of my grandparents did. They chose to stop driving on their own and sold their cars.

[Oldfatslob]

I saw an episode on southpark on this subject, the aarp came in with guns, and the only way to beat them was to lock the restaurant they went to. But they still drove. Watabout meth? Now that's scary!

[screwballl]

my great grandmother turned in her keys on her own not too long after she turned 70... my grandmother is closing in on that age now and hopefully she turns hers in soon as well