The Canary Dave

[oldfrenchhorn]

Morning all, grey and cold here, but no frost overnight.
I don't think that age should be the reason to stop driving, more what state of health a person is in. Both of us needed to change driving licenses to French ones and had to have a medical before it would be granted. Needless to say we were given quite a going over before the paper was signed. There are people I know in their sixties who I believe are getting unsafe and others in their late eighties who drive perfectly safely for both their good and others. What I would be in favour of is health tests every five years once a person is 60.

 

[Deleted 1]

Morning all, grey and cold here, but no frost overnight.
I don't think that age should be the reason to stop driving, more what state of health a person is in. Both of us needed to change driving licenses to French ones and had to have a medical before it would be granted. Needless to say we were given quite a going over before the paper was signed. There are people I know in their sixties who I believe are getting unsafe and others in their late eighties who drive perfectly safely for both their good and others. What I would be in favour of is health tests every five years once a person is 60.

I agree with this. Lots of pensioners are far safer drivers than some who are much younger.

 

[Busy Being Headhunted]

Morning all, grey and cold here, but no frost overnight.
I don't think that age should be the reason to stop driving, more what state of health a person is in. Both of us needed to change driving licenses to French ones and had to have a medical before it would be granted. Needless to say we were given quite a going over before the paper was signed. There are people I know in their sixties who I believe are getting unsafe and others in their late eighties who drive perfectly safely for both their good and others. What I would be in favour of is health tests every five years once a person is 60.

every two years

 

[vic-rijrode]

My Dad is 91 and last year I managed to persuade him to throw away his keys and stop driving. His reactions are too slow and to be safe he drove slowly and caused others to get impatient and takes risks -wrong of them I know but human nature.

There should be an upper driving age limit.

The limit should be solely fitness to drive safely not age - some 80-somethings are better than 60-somethings!

Edit - Sorry didn't see ofh's reply above with which I agree.

 

[Leo]

The limit should be solely fitness to drive safely not age - some 80-somethings are better than 60-somethings!

Edit - Sorry didn't see ofh's reply above with which I agree.

You could argue that some 14 year olds would be better than 17 year olds too.
The cost of administering tests etc would be high - but I suppose could be chargeable.
Even so the reaction times and ability to glance behind, twist turn etc are severely reduced even in the fittest 80 to 90 year old.
I am sorry for you mum Yorkie but if her accident had resulted in the injury or death of someone else are we saying it is just a shame. I live in an area with a very aged population and someof the driving examples I see of old people are horrendous. Upper and lower age limits are needed

 

[brian_66_usa]

is it just the eyes that they test every so on or is there anther driving test ?

 

[canary-dave]

OK you lovely people, I'm off to bed!

Night all

Night H

 

[Mexican Hornet]

have a good weekend all. Signing out from work!

 

[wear_yellow]

Sorry to hear about your mum Yorkie - my late Father in Law had quite poor eye sight in his later years, but a doctor passed him fit to drive.Eventually I persuaded him to give up driving using a simple economic argument, it was cheaper to get a taxi or a bus for the small number of journeys he used to make than the cost of running a car.

 

[canary-dave]

Good morning all from a very cold and clear Weston-super-Mare!

Have a good day!

 

[Busy Being Headhunted]

hi Dave

 

[andytoprankin]

Night all

My mum... 93... wrote off her car today.... shocked etc.... they found her nose down in a ditch.... ambulance, fire brigade, police all called to the scene.... and they ended up taking her home... car past repair.....

so lucky..... phewwwwwww

then the police gave her an eye test which she passed with flying colours... after she told them her age!

going to be a thankful weekend.....

Sorry, I'm a bit behind on this one. Wishing your mum all the best, yorkshire. I hope she's getting over the shock.

 

[canary-dave]

Morning Andy and morning Andy!

 

[andytoprankin]

Morning, Dave, morning BBH. Morning, everyone.

 

[canary-dave]

OK you lovely people, I'm off to bed!

Night all

Night H

 

[ncgandy]

OK you lovely people, I'm off to bed!

Night all

Night H

We don't get this amount of love on the Norwich board. Says a lot about us I guess.

 

[canary-dave]

Good morning all from a very cold and dry Weston-super-Mare!

Have a good day!

 

[canary-dave]

We don't get this amount of love on the Norwich board. Says a lot about us I guess.

Gandy, you know I love you

Seriously, an awful lot of our Norwich posters would do well to read on this board, how to disagree with one another without it descending into a free-for-all slanging match, obviously with a large group of people, there will be differences of opinion, that doesn't give you the right to call each other names, just tell your view and your reason for holding that view, then agree to differ if you can find no compromise!

 

[brian_66_usa]

Gandy, you know I love you

Seriously, an awful lot of our Norwich posters would do well to read on this board, how to disagree with one another without it descending into a free-for-all slanging match, obviously with a large group of people, there will be differences of opinion, that doesn't give you the right to call each other names, just tell your view and your reason for holding that view, then agree to differ if you can find no compromise!

you/we all have a common goal even if we have our differences

 

[canary-dave]

you/we all have a common goal even if we have our differences

Morning Brian, talking of goals, your Golden Boys took our share yesterday, we found them difficult to come by!