04-16-2012, 10:29 AM
(04-16-2012, 10:21 AM)Lady Cop Wrote: With roughly 100,000 Americans reaching age 65 every day, risk of drivers on the road with diminished eyesight and reflexes increases — and it's usually up to loved ones to judge when to tell Grandpa to hang up the keys.
This is a major challenge. Every week, at least, I work with families who know that their senior parent should not be driving, but the senior is adament about continuing to drive and maintain independence. No one in the family wants to be the bad guy and take away the keys. A couple of times, families tried to leave it up to the DMV to fail the parent when they came up for renewal and the DMV passed the senior - as long as they pass the tests nothing they can do. Really dangerous.