Sunday, September 30, 2012

11. When Should Aging Drivers Hand Over the Keys?




               Aged men a women, no matter how nice, do not like being told went to stop driving.  They tend to protest.  There are many wrecks that occur because of senior citizens behind the wheel; usually they are the one at fault concerning the wreck.  Even so, these people do not want to lose this right to drive, saying things like “I have never had a wreck” and other things.  They cannot fathom how they would endure without driving.

                Doctors, usually, do not know whether their patient is physically, or more mentally, able to drive.  As people age, their reflexes become feeble.  Doctors, many of them at least, do not usually run tests to see where their patient is mentally.

                This is a very interesting article, written by Associated Press.  It focuses on procedures used by doctors to tell if their patient should be driving and the risks of over-aged drivers.  It brings up statistics and has quotes used to support its idea, should old people drive?

                I found this very interesting due to my own grandparents, who are well up in age, driving.  It always scares me to think about it.  This brought up some interesting things to think about, personally and solely educationally.  It is an article with a strong message and purpose.

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