My dad and I went to the DMV yesterday to get my new horizontal license (yay!) and there was an elderly couple in front of us. If I had to guess an age I would probably say late 70's-early 80's, but I can't say for sure that is completely accurate. In my opinion, they did not seem physically stable enough to be able to drive a car. I know I shouldn't judge, but they seemed to barely be able to walk.
Just wait, here comes the scary part-
As my dad and I are standing there we overhear that the elderly man is there renewing his motorcycle license! I about died when I heard this. My dad and I both looked at each, and then to the lady that was helping us at this point, and all we could say was "holy crap, that's scary". Cheers to the elderly man for still having the will to get on that motorcycle, but I sure as hell don't want to be on the road next to him!
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I am a firm believer that after a certain age all license holders should have to retake the written and driving test. As a side note I would also support that during the renewal process all people should be required to review the rules of the road I feel a lot of people forget some of the basic laws and rules. For example did you know it is legal in ohio to make a left hand turn on red? It is legal when you are turning onto a one way street. Anyway back to the elderly issue this is no lie my 101 year old great uncle passed away a few years back but at the time he was 101 he still had his license, this man was still living at home and believed that people were sneaking into his house from above his stove. Although he didn't drive most people came to the house for him, if he wanted to he had a license to get in a car. Why bother waiting till teenagers are mature enough at the age of 16 to get the license if states are allowing elderly to continue to drive just because they pay to have it renewed when they can barely remember what they had for breakfast or how they even got to the DMV. I love the elderly dearly but there does come a point in time when they could become dangerous hazard on the road.
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