George ... although there does seem to be an agenda to suggest anyone driving past 70 is some sort of danger (plays well with gobby young urbanites who already brand boomers as responsible for all the world's ills) ... present govt sees Oldies as 'probably Tories' and therefore fair game, as hitting them to meet their green or fiscal targets won't lose them votes (and plays to the aforementioned gobby young urbanites who probably do vote for them) ... again, there's no current suggestion of compulsion and I'd guess the majority of 'sub 2k' drivers would be over 70.

Worth keeping an eye on for 'mission creep' but currently they're saying " if you're near the end of your driving career and do less than 2k miles a year then you may save money by ditching the cumulative expenses of a car and using other forms of transport instead " .... sort of advice you might get from some TV financial pundit.

Worth keeping an eye out though .... the govt wants people out of their cars and us over 70s are a politically easy target ... we can expect more 'facts' about how 'high-risk' we are, more newspaper coverage of 'oldies in accidents' (and less 'teenage speeder kills six!' type stories) ... and more hoops to jump through to keep our licences (to wear us down)

K