The Breakfast Club


Elderly Driving


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Sitting on dictionaries to see over the steering while and their gnarled wrinkled hands holding the wheel of half a ton of metal, the elderly are some of the scarier drivers on the road.

Many people feel that the elderly should have their licenses revoked, and I agree to a degree.

Now their reflexes are not as good and their eyesight has diminished since their first driving examination years ago and they drive absurdly slow speeds.

They also have a harder time making left-hand turns and staying within their own lanes.

But for many, this is their last claim to independence, a way to rely on themselves and not feel like they need to be chauffeured any place. And I’m pretty sure that when most of us get into our 80′s and 90′s we’re going to fight to keep our licenses to the bitter end.

Gwendolyn Girsdansky

2 Responses

  1. Jeff Gordon says:

    AMEN!! Mandatory road testing at 70 and every other year after that. Twice this year I have very close calls at about 70mph on the Northway with these clowns.

  2. iknowtruthismine says:

    I witnessed a neighbor pull up to an intersection at the corner, nose out looking in one direction for about 20 seconds, then look in the other direction for about the same number of seconds before pulling out in front of an oncoming car from the first direction. They laid on their horn, stood on their brakes and avoided an accident. There were two children in that car who were very lucky that day it was at least a month before he could be persuaded to hand over his keys. I can only be happy that no one was hurt and was amazed to hear from others more stories of close calls this gentleman was involved in before he finally made the wise choice.