Originally Posted by
Brandonub
while i think oldsters are among the scariest people on the road
you left out the second half of the paragraph
Per mile traveled, fatal crash rates increase starting at age 75 and increase notably after age 80. This is largely due to increased susceptibility to injury and medical complications among older drivers rather than an increased tendency to get into crashes
basically they are not saying geezers are more likely to be in an accident
but that if they are in an accident
they
or some other old biddy in the car with them
are more likely to die