At what age do you stop driving?

You are correct!! I think I let this disease and fears of getting sick dictate my life. I need to just bite the bullet and start doing the things I use to do like Drive.

@cathy58
Atta girl!!
I need to take a course too. I didn't know about the discount. Thanks @vic83
Jake

Take the AARP or AAA Safe Driving or "55 Alive" Course, turn the information in to your insurance, and you get a discount. Some companies even offer this to their under 55 customers as a "Safe Driver" discount. My agent even has a "tickler" that reminds us when the 3 years is expiring. For my 75+ spouse, this plus being accident-free means we did not see the typical jump in our premiums. This is important to us because we travel 20-25,000 miles per year between our travels, volunteering and taking car of grandkids. No "low mileage" discounts in our house!
That reminds me, if you only drive a few miles a year(typically under 7500), ask for a low-mileage discount. It saves my sister 1/4 on her premium now that she is retired and only runs errands with her car.

Sue

Sorry, I had to laugh at 7500 miles a year. I do that just in getting to and from medical appointments! My car's manufacturer has a monthly evaluation emailed to me. Most months it tells me I am driving too much. Duh... why do you buy a car if not to drive it?!
Ginger

Sorry, I had to laugh at 7500 miles a year. I do that just in getting to and from medical appointments! My car's manufacturer has a monthly evaluation emailed to me. Most months it tells me I am driving too much. Duh... why do you buy a car if not to drive it?!
Ginger

for me its physical. I stopped in 2021 because I could not feel the pedals. I still have my car, pay insurance, reggy etc. I’m having difficulty letting go because I don’t know if I will get better. I’m holding onto hope.

I am going to soon ask my guy to take me to an empty parking lot and let me see what it’s like. Although recent events tell me it’s dangerous for me to go into traffic if the foot pains strike while driving i will freeze and not be Able to brake.

I don’t think it’s an age necessarily. I think it should be based on ability, physical state, cognitive condition.

It’s so hard hanging up the keys. I was fortunate the county has a bus service that will drive you anywhere in the county for a nominal fee. You have to wait a while for pick up but at least there is an option. It’s how I get to dr appointments.

I wish you well !!

A very thoughtful and ETHICAL perspective you have here. This is strictly my opinion, based on what words you have chosen.

As Dirty Harry said all those years ago, 'A wise (person) knows his/her limits' Far better to have a couple of bad days accepting that you've had to take down your credentials than to know that you've caused a funeral to happen next Saturday.

And, you are right, nemo1, it's not strictly age, but it should be based on a standardized assessment and self-knowledge.

Some communities, such as my own on Vancouver Island, have a pool of volunteer drivers to take people to appointments. In our case, it's for a drive 120 miles one way to where the best hospitals are. Sometimes the drivers are affiliated with a certain disease or disorder, such as cancer societies, kidney disease where people have to be taken for dialysis,...that kind of thing.

Hi Cathy58
Using oxygen does not automatically preclude you from driving. Your physician will advise you accurately.
Back in the 90's my father drove with oxygen. He was severe C.O.P.D. . He loved driving and became his only hobby.
But... to our horror, he would turn off the oxygen while driving! The results were very noticeable! (so we told his specialist what Dad was up to. So Dad got the sternest lecture of his life!)
For the last 5 years of his life, we all were interrogated as to whom had done this!
It remains the family joke, as he never did find out.
We enjoy a double victory: Dad continued to drive accident free, right up until his death ! He died in a hospital bed from his long term lung issues, and never harmed another with his driving!