Older drivers...
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 1:15 pm
I've just seen this article on the BBC news - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-33929339 - about an 84 year old driver caught speeding at 100mph (we won't hold the fact it was in a Micra against him, there's folks on here who drive them )
What caught my eye - other than the 100mph bit - was this comment:
It would be interesting to know if the driver was AD trained to any degree - wouldn't that surely mitigate the "responsive reactions" ? And doesn't it show a naïveté on the part of the CRO and a missed opportunity ? Or is the naïveté mine ?
What caught my eye - other than the 100mph bit - was this comment:
Casualty reduction officer Simon Carlisle said: "At 84-years-old you are unlikely to have the same responsive reactions to that of a younger driver and so the speed this driver was doing was extremely worrying.
"If he needed to make any sudden manoeuvre he would have been in trouble."
It would be interesting to know if the driver was AD trained to any degree - wouldn't that surely mitigate the "responsive reactions" ? And doesn't it show a naïveté on the part of the CRO and a missed opportunity ? Or is the naïveté mine ?