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I have anecdotal evidence of old people with dementia driving and not having any idea where they are or what they are doing. https://www.thelocal.se/20170809/sw

I have anecdotal evidence of old people with dementia driving and not having any idea where they are or what they are doing. https://www.thelocal.se/20170809/swedish-experts-call-for-new-rules-to-get-unfit-elderly-drivers-off-the-road https://www.thelocal.se/20170809/swedish-experts-call-for-ne... claims that they do recall licenses, but evidently not as thoroughly as they should.

Numberwang 8y ago
I'm just thinking that to my mind it is very rare to hear about old people causing accidents (injuring someone else.) Alcoholics on the other hand cause a massive amount of accidents.
- riffic 8y ago
  > accidents Engaging in criminal behavior would be negligence, not accidental. http://justicespeakersinstitute.com/traffic-crashes-theyre-not-accidents/ http://justicespeakersinstitute.com/traffic-crashes-theyre-n...
  - Numberwang 8y ago
    Interesting article. Negligence sounds like such a mild word though.
- solarkraft 8y ago
  They seem to be well aware of their short comings & drive overly slowly instead of risking accidents.