80, 90, 100... Should There Be An Age Limit For Senior Citizens?

I think driver's 80 and over should be required to roadtest every other year. Some people are excellent drivers until they are 90 and others are hazards at 60. My husband falls into the latter category unfortunately. Oh well what can you do?

Well, I don't necessarily think there should be an age limit as there are some people who's mental and physical abilities are retained far longer than others. I do however think that there should be an age at which they should do regular driving tests. Like, maybe after 75 they should be tested every other year. I think renewing a 101 year olds license or even my 76 year old grandmas for longer than a couple years could be lethal. Especially if they live alone and develop alzheimers and nobody realizes it to stop them from driving. They could have an attack of something while behind the wheel and potentially kill alot of people. My grandma is becoming less capable I have noticed. Luckily she rarely drives and I do alot of her choffering. It is a bit stressful but I'd rather do that than put her life or someone elses at risk. She could be looking directly at something and still run into it. She doesn't notice things as quickly and she has frequent rounds of vertigo. So I think if she got tested she may not pass but they are pretty ignorant about senior citizens sometimes. I think it would be benificial to require statements from their primary care physicians after a certain age but finding that age is the key. There are some 76 year old people who are more active than myself! Don't know, good question though!! :-)

I am not so convinced that every senior citizen renewing their license is renewing it so much for the purpose of driving as they are doing it for ID purposes. I am going to go out on a limb here and say probally if they have lived for that long they probally have enough sense to know their limitations and are smart enough to know that their reflex, sight and other faculties are somewhat not what they used to be. Here in my area I see alot more drunken teenagers and young adults than I do senior citizens on the road. Here in my state basically the person has to pass a vision and hearing test to get a renewal and if they can pass those test why should they have any restrictions that we don't?