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At what age do you stop driving?
Aging Well | Last Active: Mar 14 2:21pm | Replies (75)Comment receiving replies
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.
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i wish this transportation issue was in ALL countries. i think it would be useful for people to make this driving decision a little more easy. that way, if they can continue they should. but it would give them an option in case they can't drive on a particular day. if not feeling well. d
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I cannot fathom a 120 mile ride one way. We are fortunate to have rides available to us. I consider myself lucky - I would have to go to considerable, unaffordable expense to get myself around had this form of transportation not been available. One must be disabled to ride.