Richard Casto wrote:
Please re-read what I said...
I said "older drivers
who shouldn’t be driving anymore" ,not just "older drivers". If you can drive just fine up until the point they put you in the hole in the ground, more power to you!!! I am talking about people who used to be able to drive just fine, but due to whatever reason, they just can't safely navigate in today's world. At some point, the keys need to be taken away by relatives or they need to be retested more frequently. Not intending to offend as most likely at some point I am going to give up the keys or have them taken away by my kids or the government.
I should probably note that there is probably plenty of people who never could drive and shouldn't be driving as well (of any age)
My theory on this is that the older drivers you see who are utterly terrible, and there are many, are the same people you see now in their middle ages blasting around everywhere jabbering on their cell phones, reading, eating salad, etc. You know, those that think driving is a mindless activity. They wake up one day, and have lost their youthfull arogance/confidence and all of a sudden they realize they really have no idea what they are doing behind the wheel of a car, that driving a car is actually a very demanding activity, but its too late to learn and wonder how they have been doing it on auto-pilot for so many years. Of course they can't give up their mobility, so they must keep driving and since the police have always told them its "speed that kills", I mean speeding tickets are the emphasis of the police force so it must be the most dangerous thing, as long as they do everything incredibly slowly, they should be alright.
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