[redwitch]

We have a right to bear arms, a right to free speech, a right to free assembly .... We don't have a right to drive. Driving is a privilege. Personally, I wish every state would make it a law that you can't renew your license without a driving test. If not that, then at least make a driving test mandatory every five years after age 60 and every three years after age 75. If nothing else, it might get some bad habits corrected.

Our reflexes do slow down as we age. Our minds wander a little more. Sometimes, we become overly cautious and hyper focus on what is directly in front of us (the road) and forget to look completely around us.

I sincerely hope I will have the courage to quit driving when the time comes. For me, it will be when I start gripping the wheel or when I no longer can notice the dog being walked or the child playing in the yard because I'm afraid to take my eyes off the road or when the speed limit is too fast for me to keep up. I neither want to take a chance of hitting someone, being hit by someone or causing someone else to get in an accident because of my driving skills.