Queens residents petition to regularly retest senior drivers (dangerous, design)

[Aeran]

...after deadly traffic incident in Whitestone.

https://qns.com/story/2018/07/02/dea...enior-drivers/

"The call comes in the wake of the June 25 collision that killed Madeline Sershen, a 17-year-old who attended St. Francis Prep in Fresh Meadows. Sershen was crossing Utopia Parkway with the walk light in her favor when she was struck by a 2005 Toyota Corolla driven by 88-year-old Sheila Kahn Prager, who police said ignored a steady red light".

I think this is a good idea. What say you.

[OyCrumbler]

I think this is a great idea. It's better for everyone. And if a senior driver can not pass the test, then there should be some kind of system ready to help them make the transition to not driving.

[mathjak107]

the issues i see on the road with many elderly drivers will not come up in a road test .

[OyCrumbler]

Originally Posted by mathjak107

the issues i see on the road with many elderly drivers will not come up in a road test .

What are the issues? Maybe you can help design a better road test.

[l1995]

Yeah, an 88 year old driver is a liability

[mathjak107]

Originally Posted by OyCrumbler

What are the issues? Maybe you can help design a better road test.

driving way below the speed limit because they are afraid for one thing . their reaction time in emergency's can be another . many don't remember the rules like keep to the right on a highway when you drive slow .

sometimes they tend to have lack of focus under certain driving conditions .

for the number of miles driven as a group , older seniors have a high rate of accidents or they cause others to do dangerous things to avoid them or get around them .

i know quite a few seniors who are driving in their 90's . the problem is they are fine until they aren't . then something shifts in them either mentally or physically on a dime and they crash or hit the gas instead of the brake ..