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<blockquote data-quote="Soixantaine" data-source="post: 226732" data-attributes="member: 1223">Okay, ArnoldSo young people shouldn&#039;t be punished because of the behavior of some, but it&#039;s okay to tar all old people (how old is old? 60+, 70+?) with the brush of senility and incompetence?I concede that after a certain age a driver&#039;s ability should somehow be at least in question, but who&#039;s going to decide what age, and who&#039;s going to do the deciding?&nbsp; Perhaps you&#039;d like the owners of high powered cars or motor-bikes to be able to pass judgement on who should drive and who shouldn&#039;t?&nbsp; Take away a persons right to drive and you take away their independence.&nbsp; A shattering experience to an older person and one that I&#039;m sure a few of the younger ones on here can relate to. And I stand by my &quot;young at mind&quot; criticism.&nbsp; I&#039;m getting on a bit and am probably in the age group that you and Ems would like to see tested every year until the drool runs down my chin or I croak.&nbsp; But I don&#039;t get in my car thinking &quot;I feel young in mind, no problem driving down to the shops today.&quot;&nbsp; I just get in the car crank it up and go.&nbsp; Just like all of us that have been driving for a while do, just like the lady in question did, and, just like you do and you&#039;ll be doing (if your allowed to even drive by then) when you reach your 60s or 70s.&nbsp; And, Arnold, I might point out that in life there are no guarantees, except that there are no guarantees.And, olly, that &quot;silly old bird&quot; comment is not worthy of you either.&nbsp; She&#039;s no doubt someones mother and probably a grandmother.&nbsp; She&#039;s paid her dues, cut her some slack.S</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Soixantaine, post: 226732, member: 1223"] [b]Okay, Arnold[/b] So young people shouldn't be punished because of the behavior of some, but it's okay to tar all old people (how old is old? 60+, 70+?) with the brush of senility and incompetence? I concede that after a certain age a driver's ability should somehow be at least in question, but who's going to decide what age, and who's going to do the deciding? Perhaps you'd like the owners of high powered cars or motor-bikes to be able to pass judgement on who should drive and who shouldn't? Take away a persons right to drive and you take away their independence. A shattering experience to an older person and one that I'm sure a few of the younger ones on here can relate to. And I stand by my "young at mind" criticism. I'm getting on a bit and am probably in the age group that you and Ems would like to see tested every year until the drool runs down my chin or I croak. But I don't get in my car thinking "I feel young in mind, no problem driving down to the shops today." I just get in the car crank it up and go. Just like all of us that have been driving for a while do, just like the lady in question did, and, just like you do and you'll be doing (if your allowed to even drive by then) when you reach your 60s or 70s. And, Arnold, I might point out that in life there are no guarantees, except that there are no guarantees. And, olly, that "silly old bird" comment is not worthy of you either. She's no doubt someones mother and probably a grandmother. She's paid her dues, cut her some slack. S [/QUOTE]

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