My Grandmother is still driving!?

Question

My mother said she drove behind her and she was all over the road,... my grandmother said it was becuase of the dog.
Frankly I was surprised to find out she was still driving,.....
She can hardly walk sometimes,,....

I love her dearly but what about the safety of the other people on the road? SHe is so stubborn,....
I told my mother to call the police so that they can nicely stop her and take her liscence away, Is that mean?
My mother said that would give her a heart attack.

I mean she really SHOULDNT be driving! SO what should we do?

Answer 1

let her be just get a schedule of the times she is driving and what area so i wont drive or walk in the streets

Answer 2

Sit down and talk to her. Unless she gets pulled over, there are no laws to stop her. Heck, in my state, she can even renew by mail with no vision test or anything!

You may have to take her license AND HER KEYS away from her yourself. She WILL fight about this, because she will be losing her independence. And remind her when she says "I've never been in an accident" that though she might not have been in any, she may have CAUSED them. it's for her own good, but she will NOT WANT to hand over her independence easily.

There needs to be laws regarding this, because too many elderly people are on the road and shouldn't be. Their vision is poor, their depth perception is nil and their reflexes are quite slow. It's very dangerous.

Answer 3

i remember watching this episode of south park where the old people got thier lisences took away cuz they were driving over people and crashing . then the next day some 80 year old lady swerved in my lane and hit my BRAND NEW mustang cobra. i was pissed but its ok i mean i had insurance and so did she but i feel some older peopel should not be on the road because of thier age and slowetr reaction times try talking to her about it or im sorry to say but take the battery out of her car withoput her knowing so she thingks its broke or somehting else to try and defer her from driving. shell be alot safer. good luck

Answer 4

Old people are stubborn when it comes to there independence. Maybe your idea is the best. Or next time she goes to the doctor tell the doctor what is going on. He can maybe somehow tell her she cant be driving anymore, and that steps will be taken. It would be horrible for her to hurt someone, or herself. Get the law involved.

Answer 5

Your local Motor Vehicles Department has a department that deals with elderly people and people who have seizures too. I would call them. Here in California there called Driver's Safety.

Answer 6

Lock her up in the attic before she kills somone! If I catch her old as s drivin and she hurts one of my love ones Im kickin her a ss and yours too for not stoppin her knowin she is a danger!!!

Answer 7

The capacity to drive is lost at different ages for different individuals. Perhaps it is your grandma's time to hang up the fuzzy dice...

Answer 8

Have a talk with her about it.
If she doesn't listen....let her know you will do everything in your power to stop her.

Answer 9

when her license comes up for renewal tell the DMV that do you think that her license should be renewed

Answer 10

send her to the eye doctor, and her family doctor. if they say its okay, you can't do anything about it. if they say no, then she will do what her doctors say.