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[waspy]

I have said in other threads of a similar note.
We should ALL be tested at set intervals to ascertain our competence to drive correctly.
We drive around in machines that are very capable of killing people.
Infact i'm very suprized that a government hasn't realized the money they would make by testing drivers

[aaronjb]

...... can we just revoke the licenses of anyone who does 40mph down a clear, straight, NSL A-road? ....

 ...... and who will flash at you for the temperity of overtaking them and then continue at the same 40 mph when they get to the end of the NSL   :-? :-?

Ah yes you mean the ones who've clearly had the accelerator pedal welded into position.. 40mph in a NSL, 40mph in a 40, 40mph in a 30, 40mph past a school, etc..

[bob.dent]

Bit of a chestnut this one. Some :- YES, others :-NO you can't tar them all with the same brush. The fairest way to deal with this is after a given age they should sit an annual driving assessment. Not as stringent as the full test just a buzz around town for half an hour to make sure all is still ok.
   Before you all sit in judgement we're all going to have to hang our keys up one day.

A pretty fair assessment Guy, couldn't agree more.
Let's face it, not everyone become's useless once you're over 65!! I know some damn good drivers that are getting on a bit, and some pretty horrendous one's so as you say, you can't tar all with the same brush.

[Debs.]

I wont pass comment on this; it speaks for itself.....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-11691703

[aaronjb]

He was banned for dangerous driving but said he would not drive again.

I'd hope not, considering he'd just been banned 

[Debs.]

I wont pass comment on this; it speaks for itself.....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-11691703

.....and another on the wrong carriageway; on the same road!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-11695454

[aaronjb]

I wont pass comment on this; it speaks for itself.....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-11691703

.....and another on the wrong carriageway; on the same road!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-11695454

Wonder if either of these were the weekend I was there.. when I saw a police car go steaming past me on the A55 only to turn around at Valley junction and go back up the other side - through the roadworks that had the road closed.. I figured that meant someone had gone through the roadblocks that had the eastbound carriageway cordoned off..

[Lizzie_Zoom]

I wont pass comment on this; it speaks for itself.....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-11691703

.....and another on the wrong carriageway; on the same road!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-11695454

It all reminds me of the time Debs when I was coming off the M4 at Newbury and coming up towards me was this car!  I managed to postion my car so the other one couldn't go any further, and then pulled alongside to speak to the driver......................an old boy of about 80 years at a guess, who I told he must not go any further but turn around immediately.  He said "I'm trying to get to South Wales, so how do I get there?" !!!!

I obviously told him to turn round and go to the other slip road for the West bound carriageway!!

This though was far from being the only close call with an erderly driver facing me on a dual carriageway.  One of the many came within inches of a head on crash with me whilst doing 70 mph!

[BigAl]

Bit of a chestnut this one. Some :- YES, others :-NO you can't tar them all with the same brush. The fairest way to deal with this is after a given age they should sit an annual driving assessment. Not as stringent as the full test just a buzz around town for half an hour to make sure all is still ok.
   Before you all sit in judgement we're all going to have to hang our keys up one day.

A pretty fair assessment Guy, couldn't agree more.
Let's face it, not everyone become's useless once you're over 65!! I know some damn good drivers that are getting on a bit, and some pretty horrendous one's so as you say, you can't tar all with the same brush.

Age has nothing to do with it - I see a lot younger people unable to drive safely !

[Andy B]

Bit of a chestnut this one. Some :- YES, others :-NO you can't tar them all with the same brush. The fairest way to deal with this is after a given age they should sit an annual driving assessment. Not as stringent as the full test just a buzz around town for half an hour to make sure all is still ok.
   Before you all sit in judgement we're all going to have to hang our keys up one day.

A pretty fair assessment Guy, couldn't agree more.
Let's face it, not everyone become's useless once you're over 65!! I know some damn good drivers that are getting on a bit, and some pretty horrendous one's so as you say, you can't tar all with the same brush.

Age has nothing to do with it - I see a lot younger people unable to drive safely !

Did you watch the programme? It was highlighting OLD people that were unsafe on the road. These were people well in their 80's. One woman who has appealed several times over having her license revoked had sleep apnoea and was completely oblivious to the fact that she was falling asleep. Under test conditions she was convinced that she'd been awake the whole time, when infact at one stage she'd been asleep for 12 mins!    Others were just unsafe cos their reaction times just weren't up to the task in hand.