On 5/7/2016 4:29 PM, Bruce wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> 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.
>

The statistics however would be.

Try familiarizing yourself with them before popping off again:

http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/810853.pdf

The result of 11-year data analysis also indicated the
age group under 16 steadily declined not only in fatalities
but also in fatality rate, whereas the 51-to-55 age
group had the highest increase in fatalities among
both genders. The over-65 age group had the highest
number of fatalities followed by the 16-to-20 age group
among females.
In addition, the 46-to-50 age group among males had
the greatest increase in fatality rate. Three age groups,
16 to 20, 21 to 25, and over 65, had more crash fatalities
than other age groups among males.