IMO a lot of them are in FL..
they’ve got a solution to this problem in canada
Good luck getting people off the roads you might think are too old.
This isn’t Europe or Asia where there are busses, trains and the like.
And I’m not necessarily talking about rural areas, large cities might have just a few bus routes, if that.
Given the retirement age is currently 67 something seems to be a problem here, you expect everyone to work but don’t want them to drive.
Our government is retarded.
That’s nothing compared to the staggering number of unlicensed, uninsured, drunk illegal alien drivers behind the wheel.
I shouldn’t be driving. I had almost entirely given it up... Moved to the city so I wouldn’t be a burden in my old age. That all changed with the Almeda fire. I’m stuck in the boonies without medical care or food unless I drive.
No surprise here, I see this every day. Elderly people driving very slow, last minute multiple lane changes, etc.
I have said for years that seniors should have annual road tests.
I used to be afraid of the elderly drivers, now I’m more scared of the kids who drive like maniacs.
It’s not OK for an elderly person that is cognitively impaired to drive a motor vehicle. But it’s OK to be President.
“There are approximately 48 million licensed drivers aged 65 and older in the United States, with around 17 percent of seniors suffering from mild cognitive impairment,”
Meanwhile look who we have supposedly running the country as President?
for the past 40 years of driving 300+ miles every weekday on the highways, byways and congested big cities of Florida, old folks capitol of the U.S., my personal experience is old folks drive slower but the younger folks drive “Stupider”. your experience may vary.
My wife’s 84-year-old mother probably shouldn’t be driving (vision issues) but she’s one of the few among her circle who can still drive at all. We worry about it, but we can’t really do much from 2,000 miles away.
On the other hand, my grandmother was the oldest licensed driver in her state at 99. Still mentally sharp and no vision problems. A heart attack got her about 6 weeks before her 100th birthday, when she was shoveling snow.
This “study” is a good example of how to lie with statistics. They claim that 48 million drivers 65 or older and that 17% of seniors suffer mild cognitive impairment.
This does not necessarily mean that 17% of older licensed drivers are impaired. It is very plausible that a larger percentage of the impaired are not licensed drivers.
They also present no evidence that those with a supposed “mild cognitive impairment” are not able to drive safely.
Another attack on freedom of the (mostly) conservative generation. There are definitely some much older folks who shouldn’t be driving, but for the vast majority we are fine.
Don’t encourage more government overreach.
Well, if they're staggering, they can't very well walk where they're going. At least they can drive sitting down.
1. I'd be curious to know how those stats compare to other age groups.
2. Using 2020 driving stats isn't a great idea. Pick any other year.
Giving stats in a vacuum ,means nothing. How does that compare to other age groups?
Senior citizens 65-74 are the safest group of drivers, involved in less accidents than other age groups, and far less than those under 45.
Scroll down a bit to see the table of statistics.
https://www.seniorliving.org/transportation/driving/statistics/
None of us are getting any younger.
And with old age comes some impairment of sorts. So it does happen.
But I can’t help but think that articles like this have a different, more sinister goal. When you retire, you’re no longer contributing to the labor force. And thus, to a democrat, you are no longer useful and should be “encouraged” to leave the human race as soon as possible. They want to make peoples’ lives miserable.