2007-01-03 15:10:22 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
No age, but circumstances may prevent ANYONE from driving.
Eyesight must be within limits, you must not have a condition which you are driving and may pass out, and must physically be able to control the car.
Elder people must take tests more frequently, but a problem may make it necessary for family or friends to take action. In some states, you may notify the Motor Vehicle dept about a handicap for a parent or neighbor and they will invesigate. For instance, a stoke victim may be forbiden from driving, a dangerous condition from medicine use or which may cause loss of control may limit driving.
For the person driving when they shouldn;t be, try to reason with them. Their liability may be extensive and check if their insurance covers them when they drive incapacitated. Do they want to be the one that hits a group of school children or kills a baby in a car accident?
2007-01-03 15:18:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before any of you young wreckless punks answer...
Consider that the insurance statistics reveal that the safest group is 55 to 69, and the most dangerous group is 16-19.
I think that testing for problems, however, could possibly begin at 70.
2007-01-03 23:12:03 · answer #2 · answered by Joseph C 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When the Palsy causes unexpected lane changes.
There is no age limit because people can be competent up to the very moment they expire. The problem is that licenses are given to incompetents of ALL ages.
2007-01-04 19:10:04 · answer #3 · answered by Firecracker . 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the individual. If an old person has good vision, is alert, and has a fast reaction time, he or she should still be allowed to drive.
2007-01-03 23:20:18 · answer #4 · answered by TheShankmaster 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you can no longer pass the driving test, or when your health conditions prohibit driving safely.
2007-01-04 01:11:59 · answer #5 · answered by badbill1941 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Age has very little to do with it, it's ability. Anyone over the age of 70 with an at fault accident, serious traffic violation, or over 3 minor tickets should be tested. Otherwise, leave them alone.
2007-01-03 23:13:28 · answer #6 · answered by oklatom 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
not necessarily an age limit, but a health limit, such as after your eyesight is a certain prescription, or if you've had multiple heart attacks and/or strokes
2007-01-03 23:18:21 · answer #7 · answered by jasonbourne421 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When they are no longer able to drive safely due to their physical and/or mental faculties.
2007-01-03 23:18:44 · answer #8 · answered by Tara662 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when you cant react usually if you have a walker or need really thick glasses or a cane or a motorized cart then you should get off the road. no age just conditions
2007-01-03 23:12:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'll quit when some twinkie with a cell phone glued to her (his) ear takes me out while she's running a redlight.
2007-01-03 23:42:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋