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[quote=Anonymous]I spent nearly a decade as a professional caregiver and I once cared for an elderly couple in their 90s who were housebound and both experienced serious health and mobility issues.

They very much enjoyed the regular visits from a longtime friend, herself 97 years old, who drove over once a week with their favorite pastries from the bakery they once visited together. That woman was sharp as a tack, physically fit and a better driver than the majority of teens and twenty somethings who cause the majority of accidents on the road.

On the other hand my cousin’s MIL lost her license and insurability after having two minor accidents that nevertheless wrecked her vehicles in her early 80s. She’s always had ADD and it worsened with age so that she couldn’t concentrate well on the act of driving and the many things going on around her on the road.

I’ve known fit, in their prime adults who I wouldn’t ride in a vehicle with if they were driving at any age.

This is very much an individual thing. I believe in retesting as people get very elderly, but frankly I think every driver should retest every so many years because many are just incompetent behind the wheel. But this won’t happen until we devise an affordable way to test driving via technology - nobody wants to put the money into the person power necessary to test so many people on a regular basis.[/quote]

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