elderly drivers

   Could you really seat behind someone going 5miles slower than the speed limit? Or if they got the chance to speed up they don’t? What if they want to get over and they take forever and a day to do it. These are signs of elderly drivers. Not only do the elders cause these problems but they cannot hear as others, their vision is not as up to par as it should be, and their reaction time to prevent an accident is slower.

   When you get older around the age of 70 you should stop driving. It’s something about when you get older you can’t hear as well anymore, so when an elderly driver comes to a problem that will require them to hear well they won’t be able to hear as well as the capable drivers. If there was a fire engine or a emergency vehicle coming other drivers know I’m going to pull to the right because they are alerted of the car coming an elderly driver has a 50/50 chances of hearing that siren or not. They could cause the car to slow down which is putting others lives in jeopardy since you don’t know where that vehicle is going.

     According to USA today elderly drivers have a harder time seeing signs. When you cant see awhile you driving but you continue to drive you think an alternative will be to slow down and drive. This method is done by a lot of elderly drivers they driver slow so that they can see the signs, in this method its causing a lot of aggression in drivers behind them or who want to get over in their lane. If someone is behind the elderly they will get so frustrated that this person is going slowly so they are going to jump lanes. They will either jump in another lane and stay in it or they will jump in another lane then get back in their original, but this time they will be in front of the elderly. Since they have so much aggression built up when they change lanes they will be driving sort of reckless and can get into an accident with another person all because of that elderly driver.

    When you get older you start to lose your mind. With an elderly driver they can’t afford to lose they mind but they do because it’s all a part of getting older. So many accidents caused by elderly drivers because they forget where the brake is so they plunge on the gas pedal instead, and since their reaction time isn’t up to par and all the joint pains that come with getting older, it might take them some time before they take their foot off the gas and change to the brake. As you get older your reflexes and reaction time will decrease the older you get. This can really impact your driving.

      I think with all elderly people when they get near 60 that they will need to take a driver’s test and if they fail that’s it no more driving. Come 63 if they passed when they were 60 then they would have to take another test, but come near 70 no more driving for no elderly people because of all the safety hazards they have on them since they are older than most drivers, and can cause a lot more accidents.