On 2018-05-02 12:32 PM, notbob wrote:
> On 2018-05-01, jmcquown > wrote:
>
>> They can be. I recall a time (no cell phones) when I was a passenger.
>> I don't know what distracted the friend who was driving but if I hadn't
>> been there she'd have sailed right through a red light.
>
> My late mom was terrible driver. When I came out to take care of her,
> she could still drive, but she hadda terrible habit of taking her eyes
> off the road while talking/looking directly at me. I decided I hadda
> drive from then on. 8|

My mother's friend was still driving into her 90s. She had several
accidents. My mother went shopping with her are the local mall and the
old girl ran over a stop sign in the parking lot.

On 5/2/2018 3:13 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2018-05-02 12:32 PM, notbob wrote:
>> On 2018-05-01, jmcquown > wrote:
>>
>>> They can be.Â* I recall a time (no cell phones) when I was a passenger.
>>> I don't know what distracted the friend who was driving but if I hadn't
>>> been there she'd have sailed right through a red light.
>>
>> My late mom was terrible driver.Â* When I came out to take care of her,
>> she could still drive, but she hadda terrible habit of taking her eyes
>> off the road while talking/looking directly at me.Â* I decided I hadda
>> drive from then on.Â* 8|
>
> My mother's friend was still driving into her 90s. She had several
> accidents. My mother went shopping with her are the local mall and the
> old girl ran over a stop sign in the parking lot.
>
>
At some point you just have to give up, but then how do you get to the
store? Where I live is so far off the beaten path it's darned near
impossible to get a taxi to show up. It's probably easier these days
with things such as Uber or Lyft, although I don't know how prevalent
those options are around here.

My father handed his keys to my mother after he backed out of the garage
and kept on going... right into the neighbors fence. If anyone had told
him he shouldn't be driving he'd have balked. Having to get out his
checkbook was all it took to convince him he didn't need to be behind
the wheel anymore.

Jill

On 2018-05-02 7:09 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 5/2/2018 3:13 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

>> My mother's friend was still driving into her 90s. She had several
>> accidents. My mother went shopping with her are the local mall and the
>> old girl ran over a stop sign in the parking lot.
>>
>>
> At some point you just have to give up, but then how do you get to the
> store?Â* Where I live is so far off the beaten path it's darned near
> impossible to get a taxi to show up.Â* It's probably easier these days
> with things such as Uber or Lyft, although I don't know how prevalent
> those options are around here.
>
> My father handed his keys to my mother after he backed out of the garage
> and kept on going... right into the neighbors fence.Â* If anyone had told
> him he shouldn't be driving he'd have balked.Â* Having to get out his
> checkbook was all it took to convince him he didn't need to be behind
> the wheel anymore.

I worked a short stint as a driver examiner.At that time drivers over
age age 80 and those over 70 who had had an accident had to do an annual
road test. We reserved Wednesday morning for seniors road tests. I
quickly learned to hate Wednesdays. We had some people who were weekly
regulars because they simply could not pass.

On 5/2/2018 9:47 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2018-05-02 7:09 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 5/2/2018 3:13 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>>> My mother's friend was still driving into her 90s. She had several
>>> accidents. My mother went shopping with her are the local mall and
>>> the old girl ran over a stop sign in the parking lot.
>>>
>>>
>> At some point you just have to give up, but then how do you get to the
>> store?Â* Where I live is so far off the beaten path it's darned near
>> impossible to get a taxi to show up.Â* It's probably easier these days
>> with things such as Uber or Lyft, although I don't know how prevalent
>> those options are around here.
>>
>> My father handed his keys to my mother after he backed out of the
>> garage and kept on going... right into the neighbors fence.Â* If anyone
>> had told him he shouldn't be driving he'd have balked.Â* Having to get
>> out his checkbook was all it took to convince him he didn't need to be
>> behind the wheel anymore.
>
> I worked a short stint as a driver examiner.At that time drivers over
> age age 80 and those over 70 who had had an accident had to do an annual
> road test.Â* We reserved Wednesday morning for seniors road tests. I
> quickly learned to hate Wednesdays. We had some people who were weekly
> regulars because they simply could not pass.

Yes, you've said so before. I was merely pointing out once my father
had to pay to replace the neighbors fence he gave up the keys. He
realized he shouldn't be driving. I know he couldn't have passed a
drivers test. I'm sure he knew that, too. And yes, they should be
mandatory.

Jill