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does prompt the question whether we'd all be safer if people over a certain age had to prove they were still competent enough to drive a car,
the answer seems a little obvious really..
Minus the ageism, it's an old and oft-repeated demand--mandatory periodic driver re-testing for drivers of any age. FWIW, the main drivers who put people at risk tend to be younger, more reckless people (part of the reason why the very occasional failings by elderly people often make the news is because they are comparatively rare).
Oliver Schick-
That may be the case in cities, but out by the seaside where I live we have a high percentage of retired people and hence drivers, and I have lost count of the number of times I have had cars pull out on me, try to crush me against the curb, preform extremely dodgy overtakes, overtake and then stop / turn that have been driven by older drivers.
I also ride a horse, so have a height advantage and better visibility down into cars, and it is older men who are the most troublesome, time and time and time again.
I don't take any of it personally, they are not trying to specifically kill me, any passing pedestrian / cyclist / horse rider / fellow road user will do.
Grubbythumb
does prompt the question whether we'd all be safer if people over a certain age had to prove they were still competent enough to drive a car,
the answer seems a little obvious really..