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A bit of context for my comment - the driver in my collision did have on glasses and appeared to have trouble opening her left eye fully, hence why I agreed it's a fair argument that she should consider whether or not she should still be on the road.
Yes, that might be an eyesight issue--or it might not. However, if it's the former they certainly have to do something about it. I was mainly objecting to the 'they shouldn't drive because of age' comment. Old age can of course be a significant cause of poor eyesight, but what would disqualify from driving would be eyesight that can't be corrected, not old age. It's similar to 'all over-70s are classed as vulnerable in the pandemic', to which some over-70s objected in strong terms. Discrimination, whether by sex, age, skin colour, or whatever, rests on superficial, irrelevant criteria.
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I agree with your argument here, most crashes are definitely caused by younger drivers. I know in Australia it's almost prohibitively expensive for under 25s (especially men) to take out insurance - the statistics suggest rightly so.
A bit of context for my comment - the driver in my collision did have on glasses and appeared to have trouble opening her left eye fully, hence why I agreed it's a fair argument that she should consider whether or not she should still be on the road. Obviously not an easy decision to make, but clearly a conversation worth having if accidents start occurring.