Unsafe people should be off the road.

Elderly doesn't equal unsafe.

Your link quoted earlier is another ill informed opinion.

The only link I can find to the statistics regarding driver safety and age, were american crash statistics showing the most likely people to die on the road were the 15-24 age group and the over 75. The theory behind this was the recklessness of the 15-24 age group and the relative frailty of the over 75s.

If you want to age assess driving you should start it on the 15-24 and >75.

However IMHO the whole thread is anecdotal rubbish. If you want a sensible discussion about targeting retests for the most appropriate to benefit, you should insist on a re-test for anyone involved in an accident. Doing this would get the tests to the people who really needed them.

You still have to get to the train station, presumably. Unless you live there.

That's stupid. You're suggesting we wait for people to have accidents before taking any action when these accidents (which could be fatal) could have been prevented. Agreed that some measure may have negative effects on some but on the whole it could save lives.

Well, some 'young people' (as the PC saying goes) scare the st out of me too!
Not too much though, cos I just press the sport button and leave them wondering where all the bloody stone chippings hitting their screen and bonnet have come from! (I jest, allegedly!).

Just remember, one day you'll be 'old' (IF you're lucky enough to reach whatever you determine 'old' age - looking around me most will be dead from obesity and high drug levels).

Keep this sort of legislative process ageism crap against 'oldies' and you younger lot will be lucky to be still driving at 40, let alone 60, 70 and beyond. There are plenty of all 'age' groups who shouldn't be driving. Discrimination on an age basis will work against you in the long run, remember that.

Of course you'll get the occasion where the one 90 year old fool is driving up the motorway the wrong way, just the same as you'll get the young idiot stealing a car and driving at high speed (high in the head as well probably) through a built-up area. One will be banned from driving for the rest of his remaining (short) life, and rightly so, the other will spew up crap, get assistance and help, spit defiance at the legal process and thanks to this pc country, more than likely get away with it, then do it again.

Just suggesting something much more likely to be statistically significant than age. Previous accident history. Oh my I think the insurance companies may have twigged that one already.

BTW the M3 accident post, was entirely the sort of anecdotal rubbish I was referring to. While I'm not trying to belittle the obvious affect the accident had on your health and wellbeing, the number of posters here who don't understand the difference between statistics and 'I was once hit by an elderly driver so I agree they should be tested' makes this thread the daily mail equivalent of a discussion.

I'm off, this threads just a complete waste of posting time.

The two scariest trips I've had have been elderly relatives, purely because of their lack of awareness of what was going on around them. I've been a passenger in a car with plenty of idiots but at least their "risks" have been calculated ones where they were aware of all the aspects of the situation.

I was a fully paid up advocate of old people driving until their dying breath until my grandfather took me out years ago. After nearly pulling straight out of a side road into the path of an oncoming artic (doing 40mph, my grandfather only stopped when I shouted I think), he then proceeded to the shops and then parked by reversing into the car behind, then driving into the car in front and settling half way between the two of them. This was in a plastic bumpered Maestro, those who know them can only imagine how smashed up the bumpers were after such treatment every week.

To be fair my Gran was 100% in control of her faculties but she gave up at 90 out of choice.

My Grandfather used to accompany me when I was a learner, he slept for most of his time in the passenger seat.

I'm genuinely sorry to here about this incident but to be harsh, so what? I suspect you could find someone who was walking along the pavement when they were hit by an idiot on a motorcycle!

You can't decide legislation on the basis of what happend to you or me or my Autie Elsie. You have to look at the overall picture and the statistics. And that shows beyond doubt that the elderly are not the problem on our roads, the young are!!

Oh for... The facts are right above your post...
http://www.abi.org.uk/Publications/24940.pdf

But the threads not about bikers on pavements. My incident got me closer to people that see this sort of thing everyday... its just a view , but like drink drivers, if you are impaired to the point where you are not safe, you should not be driving...

You joke, but these ideas have been suggested, and at least two of them are likly to come in to force some time soon (passengers and drink/drive), people are pushing for a limit for cars the same as bikes and the other two have been dismissed as impractical.