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Bruce[_28_]

In article >,
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> On 2016-05-07 3:50 PM, sf wrote:

> > Driverless cars are not as outrageous as some here seem to think.
> > Forget drunk drivers. It scares the bejebus out of me to see creaky
> > old people with their poor vision and slow reflexes behind the wheel -
> > but they want to remain independent, so driverless cars are the way to
> > go. Even Lyft will be experimenting with the concept.
> >
>
> A real hazard on the roads is old people. Quite seriously. I have
> copies of Road Safety reports with stats on crash parameters and the
> scary one is the one that graphs the crashes per 100,000 km by gender
> and age group. Those rates start rising when people are in their 50's,
> rise faster for the 60s' and by 80 the rates are skyrocketing.

I wouldn't be surprised if 75 year olds were much safer drivers than 18
year old males.