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Old 11-30-2004, 08:25 PM   #29
DragonNOA1
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Originally Posted by formerjudge
glad u are okay, regarding age, it don't really have to do with age just how much person is paying attention. Been in situation were I was lucky to get out of the way of a car being driven by 17 year old girl flying 60mph, she missed me by inches and crashed in to another car. Turned out she only had her driver licenses 3 month and for a second got distracted by a guy in another car. In my experience older drivers are safer then younger drivers
You are taking an extreme. Three months after a young person getting a license is like an old person driving three months before they die. Most old ppl are unable to drive in their final years and should be takin off the road. No, I am not talking about 50 year olds but I feel 70 to 80 is when they should be retested. Of course older ppl will be better drives b/c of experience but only until a point, where they then become retroactive and actually start getting worse, be it reaction time or just awareness of their surroundings.

Sorry to tread off-topic.
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