Originally posted by Big Johnson
Where I live, we have a great number of retirees, mostly military. Interestingly enough, they seem to be among the better drivers I encounter. In my experience older drivers will generally allow me plenty of room or hang back untill they can pass safely. I realize if a person's cognative and visual abilities have declined that individual could present a hazzard to others and so testing seems to be a reasonable solution to the problem, but overall older drivers seem to have more respect for human life and seem to be less likely to do things deliberatly that might cause harm to others. Self absorbed, over-stressed turbo Yuppies and over agressive pickup/SUV drivers cause me far more trouble than the old folks. Just my experience.
Down here the old folks drive more like psychos than do the yuppie SUV crowd (which isn't much better given cell phones and the fact that they're driving an Escalade like it was a Accord)