A friend of mine in Cornwall is probably the last person who drove traction engines for a living. He is well into his 90’s. A couple of years ago he took the advanced driving test (or whatever it’s called) and passed easily.
“Why did you do that Jim?”
“So that if some bu**er drives in to me they can’t say I’m not fit to be on the road”
Tim
A few years ago we had an old boy who daily drove a round trip of 40 miles to visit his wife in a nursing home. One day he was involved in a minor RTC and had his licence revoked until test passed, he did pass the test a few months later....his age 100 yrs. It's about ability not age, part of my role is assessing elderly drivers as to Fitness to drive, incidentally I am approaching 75 yrs and still hold Response and Pursuit permits.
