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To: highimpact

I think it shows a need to review elderly drivers for their ability to drive on a more frequent basis.

Airlines are allowed to discriminate based on age and health for pilots, so should the DMV.


15 posted on 11/20/2006 11:52:31 AM PST by s_asher
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To: s_asher
I think it shows a need to review elderly drivers for their ability to drive on a more frequent basis.

An elderly (98) friend of mine told me with great indignation that Indiana had made it too much trouble for her to continue driving after she turned 80. The state started a requirement for elderly drivers to retake their written driver's test every month. Does anyone know if that's actually true?

28 posted on 11/20/2006 12:00:19 PM PST by American Quilter (You can't negotiate with people who are dedicated to your destruction.)
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To: s_asher
I think it shows a need to review elderly drivers for their ability to drive on a more frequent basis. Airlines are allowed to discriminate based on age and health for pilots, so should the DMV.

That's the real issue. At what point is someone's dignity less important than protecting the public? Just imagine how the punishment would have gone down if he would have been a drunk driver.

30 posted on 11/20/2006 12:02:20 PM PST by Niteranger68 (Big winners of election 2006: Democrats, terrorists, MSM, Hollywood, anti-war protestors, etc.)
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To: s_asher

Airlines are allowed to discriminate based on age and health for pilots, so should the DMV.""

Bob Hoover, the test pilot and stunt pilot lives in my area. I think he is over 80 now, and whenever I see someone doing stuff in prop plane, I am sure it is Bob. He's still real sharp.


71 posted on 11/20/2006 1:01:07 PM PST by ridesthemiles
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WATCH IT!!!!! The AARP mafia will come after you for saying that


122 posted on 11/21/2006 4:36:13 AM PST by paltz
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