Originally posted by Koffee Brown
Funny- I haven't had any near misses with older women, but I've been nearly hit by older men behind the wheel more times than I can count.
I just wonder why every time someone brings up a point about bad drivers, it ALWAYS goes to the stereotypical and insulting idea that it's women drivers doing the damage?
BTW, the only time I've ever been hit was by a man- but I do find that overall, my near misses are spread pretty evenly between men and women drivers. Drivers in general just have very little concept of sharing the road with cyclists. And the elderly person they mentioned in that link that plowed into the Farmers Market? That person was also a man.
Moving back to the point of an article- I agree about manditory testing, but I really think vision should be checked once a year for everyone- you never know what health factors are affecting people at any age, so it would be smart to just do a manditory, just-in-case check. I had a friend who had a brain tumor of some sort, and that affected his vision- luckily, he went to a doctor and got checked before he had a chance to get behind the wheel, since he had eye problems as a result... now that could have been a nightmare.
Koffee
Let's not turn this into a sexist issue Koffee my example just happened to be the last person to buzz me. Remember that I live not 15 blocks from where that clown rammed the St. Pete bike club so I KNOW it goes both ways.