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To: OmahaFields
Perhaps annual or bi-annual testing for those over a certain age. My dad is 82 and finally got called in by DMV for a test after a fender-bender. The driving test couldn't have been any more like "Titanic" if Winslet and DiCaprio had been necking in the back seat and there'd been an orchestra on the hood playing "Nearer my God to Thee". Yet many of his friends who are older undoubtedly drive better and have faster reaction times than I do.

However this is something the AARP crowd will fight to the end over, no matter how many of these incidents occur. Depriving someone of a driver's license is a blow to their independence. My dad lives out in the country for example; I've had to be the chauffeur ever since which he hates. But it's much better than having an accident.

26 posted on 07/08/2006 10:49:48 PM PDT by Heatseeker
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To: Heatseeker

It is a problem with no easy answer. I work with my mother. She has been a good driver all her life and wants to continue. Driving at night is a no-no. We work out her routes to avoid the bad areas. Make three right turns and a left at the light instead of having to make a left across fast moving traffic where there is no light. Shop at Kmart instead of Walmart since the parking lot is so empty!


28 posted on 07/08/2006 10:56:32 PM PDT by OmahaFields ("What have been its fruits? ... superstition, bigotry and persecution.")
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