I worked in a doctors office and believe me it was very difficult to tell someone that they can no longer drive. They feel that their independence is being taken away from them. Some people do not think they have a problem or state they only drive around the neighborhood. Accidents do happen in the neighborhood. We had a patient once who had loss of vision and was disoriented. I asked if he was driving and he said yes. I informed the wife that he should not drive. When the doctor came into the room, he ordered tests and specifically told the patient and the wife that he cannot drive. Neither listened to us. The wife let him drive and he failed to stop at the stop sign pulling out of the parking lot. While running outside, his wife was trying to put him in the passenger side of the car and act like she was driving. When I asked why he was driving, she simply replied because he wanted to and said he was fine. We notified the Dept of Transportation to revoke his license.
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Anne. 
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