on Jan 11th, 2008State Driving Laws Hitting Elderly Speed Bumps
An editorial in the Savannah (Georgia) Morning News calls for a reform in the state driving laws. They advocate that “state lawmakers should require changes in education, licensing and highway engineering to help ensure traffic safety.” Forget the age discrimination issue. If you have trouble seeing at night, have slower response times, or think driving is a right not a privilege, then you’re a prime candidate for a new set of laws that guarantee YOU won’t be on the road with the potential to plow into an innocent driver. Face it: aging is not kind to the body.
You don’t have to have an M.D. to figure out that getting behind the wheel requires more than an arrogant attitude about your rights as a U.S. citizen: it requires a brain that can accept the limits of your body’s performance capabilities.
License reform: Elderly drive-time