Do you think there should be a cut off point in regards to age, when a person should no longer be driving?

I read this story yesterday... 😔

An elderly woman has died following a single-vehicle fatal road traffic collision in the car park of a supermarket.

The female driver, 91, was in the car park of a supermarket on Trinity Street, Wexford when the car she was driving hit a tree.

The woman was seriously injured and was removed to Wexford General Hospital where she later passed away.

She was the sole occupant of the car.

The collision occurred at about 1.50pm yesterday afternoon.

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indyjoe · 56-60, M

No...Not exactly age itself as a factor, I think anyone should be able to drive as long as they are capable to do so. What I believe though is that there should be an age where regular routine testing (perhaps yearly or bi-yearly) should be put into place. They wanted to do that here, but the older people all yelled discrimination and raised hell about it so it was dropped. They said it was young people discriminating against the elderly...but they weren't taking into account that all of these "bigoted young people" would be subject to it as well when they reached that certain age too if the law was passed. I agree with the mandatory testing, I've been in two accidents and one very near accident all caused by elderly drivers, and as long as they can pass the test they're welcome to drive as late into life as they want.