But Will There Be a Law Regarding Elderly Drivers

But Will There Be a Law Regarding Elderly Drivers?

Heck no! They are too powerful a voting block to ever let something like yearly checkups be put in place. It would political suicide for a pol to try for it.

Look, it doesn't matter why it happened. Stroke. Heart attack. Spite. Whatever. Just as we are beginning to understand that handing a license to a 16 year old is crazy and we are starting to make them go through more and more hoops to prove they are ready, we need to address the fact that some, not all, elderly people are still driving WELL past their ability to do so safely.

8 Die as Car Slams Into Calif. Farmers Market

SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 16 -- Eight people were killed and 40 others were injured today when an elderly motorist apparently driving at high speed slammed through a crowded curbside farmers market in the heart of this seaside city.