When are you too old to drive?

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Mouse - 24 Feb 2007 04:01 GMT

When are you too old to drive?
http://www.helium.com/tm/163485/always-relative-phrase-people

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Scott en Aztlán - 24 Feb 2007 17:51 GMT

"Mouse" <mint@intel.net> said in ca.driving:

The author contradicts himself. He starts out by saying that age has
nothing to do with driving ability, but he concludes by recommending
that drivers over 70 be given more stringent testing.

Make up your mind, doofus - if age is not a factor, then EVERYONE
should be subject to more stringent testing, not just those over a
certain arbitrarily-selected age.

>When are you too old to drive?
>http://www.helium.com/tm/163485/always-relative-phrase-people

Too old has always been a relative phrase. Some people are old at 65
while others still seem youthful at 85 or 90. Driving ability is based
more on physical and mental conditions than on age.

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Perhaps having to pass a road test and/or a serious written test at 70
and every 5 to 10 years from there on would not be such a bad thing.

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Studemania - 26 Feb 2007 05:08 GMT

> "Mouse" <m...@intel.net> said in ca.driving:
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> Perhaps having to pass a road test and/or a serious written test at 70
> and every 5 to 10 years from there on would not be such a bad thing.

IIRC, In Britain, UNLESS YOU HAVE A BAD DRIVING RECORD, your licence
is good until the age of 70, at which pint you need to have a doctors
note sayng thay your vision meets specs. As people age, they tend to
drive less and more carefully, which does not always mean slower. They
just drive when there is less traffic and do other things to avoid
accidents (clean windows, use mirrors and so on.)

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Harry K - 26 Feb 2007 16:31 GMT

> > "Mouse" <m...@intel.net> said in ca.driving:
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I would really like to see some statistics of the rate of injury
accidents _per capita_ of senior drivers over say juveniles. The
reports of senior drivers all seem to be the sensational ones and I
really don't see many reports of seniors in the "routine"
accidents...at least at a rate that sticks out above non-seniors.

That there are seniors (and people of all ages) that should be removed
from the wheel is not arguable.

Harry K

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