Whenever the subject of elderly drivers makes the news – like this week, with the announcement of a more rigourous licence renewal process for those over the age of 70 – I cannot help but feel a shudder of flashback, even PTSD. I find myself saying, sometimes out loud: “Yes! Yes, do it!”

I do so for the simple reason that I’ve witnessed the effects of elderly driving up close. I’ve seen just how difficult it can be for older drivers to accept that they may not be quite as effective behind the wheel as they once were, and likely never will be again.

In much the same way that Joe Biden found it impossible to countenance that, at 81, his age might hamper his ability to run for a second term as US president (Donald Trump at 78, of course, countenanced no such thing ), so my now late-gr

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