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Monday, November 15, 2010
How does a driver know when it’s time to give up the keys?
Within 15 years, one in five licensed drivers in the U.S. will be 65 or older. How does a driver know when it’s time to give up the keys?
CARLOTTA BEARD, Trotwood: “I’ve been behind several people who should have stopped driving already, to the point of being dangerous. Maybe after age 65 people need to be tested every year.”
DAVID FEDERICO, Kettering: “I have a 92-year-old grandmother who still drives around the small town she lives in and seems to do OK. It’s probably the family’s responsibility to decide. I don’t know if I’d want the government stepping in on that kind of decision.”
JENNIFER CLAY, Springfield: “When you drive under the speed limit. That’s the real problem we have with older drivers. I think they choose to drive slower because they think it’s safer, and maybe to have more control over the vehicle. But then you have tailgaters and people swerving to get around them, and that ends up causing accidents.”
ERIC GAGNON, Cincinnati: “Just the other day, when I was voting, a guy who was 96 drove himself there. He didn’t look any older than 82, my grandfather’s age. You can’t really put an age limit on it. Just because you’re a senior, you shouldn’t lose your independence.”
BRANDY LEMANSKI, West Carrollton: “I think they need to be re-tested with a driving test, not a written test, after 65. Maybe every couple of years.”
TEJAL CARTWRIGHT, Dayton: “When they can’t go the speed limit and think they’ve got to go real slow. And that causes accidents.”
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