Posted by j heitkemper on December 01, 2010 at 20:22:47 from (98.108.28.135):
In Reply to: OT Elderly Drivers posted by Adirondack case guy on December 01, 2010 at 17:28:38:
yearly testing for anyone over ( lets say 80) and let it not cost anymore than the rest of Us who test less often for the same portion of time ... I t is not a bad idea , for anyone suspected of diabetes , alziemers tendencies and other mind impairment maladies to test yearly ,... on the Other hand , daughter-i-l granpa drove 5 million SAFE miles for just one of 3 Truck firms , retired at 67 , missed it so much!,He went in to Live haul at Chken houses here .., My dad was a excellant driver (loved to drive fast when younger ),,,until he died at age 93... my mom is 88 and is intimidated by traffic and darknes, but does just fine , her brother(if he gets over pneaumonia ) will be 101 next summer , i have rode with him last spring, going to the hardware store ,Drove just fine in 5 lanes of traffic and conversed intellegetly with me all the while .. None of the above have ever been in a accident where they were at Fault ,,and to be honest other than slide offs from snow, and scraping the barn door these old timers have been pretty Lucky or just plain talented . Uncles claim to old age and MOST of ALL VITALITY is FISH OIL CAPLETS ... he still has a house in CAPE Coral Fl. ,, and HE drove up from there in 2009... His80 yrold 2nd wife on the other hand is a menace to equipment and society when she gets behind the wheel,, Unc says He can almost see his Chrysler cringewhen she gets behind the wheel
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