It depends on the route to determine how much praise he deserves.Going that long without an accident in New York City is far more praiseworthy than doing it in Fork Bend,Utah.
The article states that he has been driving in Manhattan for 46 years. Impressive driving.
opps that was some other driver - lol...
My guess is the drivers that make it 25 years without an accident are line drivers and delivery drivers that work residential/suburbs/industrial park type routes. No way a UPS driver working Manhattan/Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore type environments is going to make it that length of time accident free. I've driven an automobile in all of these cities and it's tricky to say the least.
the guy in the photograph at the article link has been driving safely through Manhattan for 46 years — that’s impressive. He is 71.