What about young, dangerous drivers?
So 19% of the accidents. What is the percentage of older drivers compared to everyone else?
If 30% are older drivers and only causing 19% of the accidents that makes them a better risk.
I’m of two minds about this.
Today I was with my dad (with him driving) and it was absolutely nerve-wracking. At least three times he had to jump on the brakes because he didn’t notice someone ahead stopping to make a left turn. His awareness and/or reaction time is terrible IMO. And at another point he got confused by someone stopped at a red light in the middle of the intersection (because traffic in that lane was jammed) and wound up going right through the light in our lane with me yelling, “red light!”
As to young, reckless drivers, I have a beef with them as well. Earlier this year I was leaving a car show and a bunch of guys in new Mustangs (leaving the same show) were so intent on showing how fast their cars were that they all decided to blow past me ON THE ON-RAMP to the turnpike. I had to dive onto the shoulder to keep from being hit. One after another they disappeared, and I estimated they must have all dialed it up to at least 150. The speed limit is **70**. I found myself hoping they’d get pulled over before they killed someone. No one on a 70mph road in the US expects a pack of cars to blow past them with a speed differential of 80mph.
What about drivers who will not put their phone down?
Drivers under the influence of drugs, prescribed or illegal?
Drivers from foreign countries who have not assimilated into our culture?