Quote Originally Posted by sweetana3 View Post
We all are trying to spare the elderly drivers feelings but what about the innocent people (including kids) walking or driving and hurt or killed by an elderly driver? What about them?
to me, that's why you tell the doctor, they have an obligation to address this and they have the power to tell the DMV, "this person can no longer safely drive, they need to be re-evaluated". Doctors hate to have this conversation, as well, but too bad. I worked with this one doc who every time this guy in his 90s came in, he had to address the driving and didn't, he had countless fender benders, he was confused, massive brain tumor, and he was mean as a bed bug, his family got nowhere. Well, he lived near me and one day on the way to work, I saw someone had driven their car straight into the grocery store front, all kinds of damage, luckily no one got hurt but the person who did it was passed out. Later that afternoon, he ended up on our unit just to be watched. I was so mad, this did not have to happen, but, hey, he lost his license and his doc didn't have to be the bad guy! I told the doc to watch the news tonight, Mr X thought the Grand Union was now a drive thru.

here's a link that helps with what to say and what to do when that doesn't work:

https://www.caring.com/questions/tak...-senior-driver