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[Varche]

Well with luck we will all one day be old enough to be driving menaces always assuming we aren't already - smeone must be a tailgater given the numbers on the road..

Simple solution. Bionic you will have to find where the guy lives and then have a sympathetic talk with a junior family member and get him to hand his licence in. Then you can offer to take him out shopping once or twice a week to help out.

We had a similar problem with an uncle (ironically in Leicester too). The police and the doctor weren't interested. A letter to DVLA about his deteriorated driving resulted in them sending him a letter saying perhaps it was time to hand licence in or take a driving test. The licence was handed in.

It is a shame there isn't more space on Britains roads for the solution Spain has. Elderly and people who aren't yet old enough to drive a car, can legally drive an Aixam (very small two seater). They don't go very fast and if you see one you make allowances. A win win for everyone involved.

[Manual Elite V6]

I personally would report them, I have had and seen many cases where the older generation just pull out in front of others, bump into others or even causing serious accidents without realising they have done it, just the other day I was exiting a busy roundabout, my indicator was on to show my intentions and an old man looked right at me and pulled out forcing me to come to a dead stop on the roundabout, he then started shouting and ranting and waving his hand in the air saying "young drivers are dangerous" not realising he was the one in the wrong, I even had one pull out of a side street directly into my path, I had to perform and emergency stop and sounded the horn which she again was completely oblivious to.

[Bionic]

Well with luck we will all one day be old enough to be driving menaces always assuming we aren't already - smeone must be a tailgater given the numbers on the road..

Simple solution. Bionic you will have to find where the guy lives and then have a sympathetic talk with a junior family member and get him to hand his licence in. Then you can offer to take him out shopping once or twice a week to help out.

We had a similar problem with an uncle (ironically in Leicester too). The police and the doctor weren't interested. A letter to DVLA about his deteriorated driving resulted in them sending him a letter saying perhaps it was time to hand licence in or take a driving test. The licence was handed in.

It is a shame there isn't more space on Britains roads for the solution Spain has. Elderly and people who aren't yet old enough to drive a car, can legally drive an Aixam (very small two seater). They don't go very fast and if you see one you make allowances. A win win for everyone involved.

Sadly Varche I tried that and was told by his elderly daughter to mind my own f'in business. Mind you even though she is considerably younger her driving is no better!
Thanx all for your sound advice and I have taken it. I felt less guilty about doing the deed. I have now completed the form and handed it in to the Police. When they read the report and saw the diagram with its measurements they totally agreed that he should not be on the road. As he has a mobility scooter he can still get around but I hope I am behind him and not in front! From what the neighbours have told me it is his wife that demands to be chauffuered everywhere and be treated as a queen with him opening the doors for her and assisting her to get in and out by holding her hand. She is far more mobile than him and very sprightly so does not need the assistance at all so its all down to just plain selfishness and an overiding sense of self importance. As soon as I receive word back from them with an incident number I shall forward the copies of everything I have to the DVLA.
I will post again when there has been some development.
In the meantime perhaps it is time someone in government took up this matter and brought in a physical driving test for the aged along with a test for reaction times! If there is a charge for it those who want to continue to drive should have no objection to paying it. I know I would not have any if it meant that I could be certain that my driving was safe for everyone around me!