This really hit home for me when my sibling and I realized our aging mom was unfit to be able to drive. 4 accidents in a year meant unreasonable insurance premi

This really hit home for me when my sibling and I realized our aging mom was unfit to be able to drive. 4 accidents in a year meant unreasonable insurance premiums and replacement not to mention she was injured. Going car-free really hit her independence and for 2 years, she was aching to buy a car and get more mobile. It hurt me to see her like that but I couldn't let her get behind a wheel again despite her constant complaints. Nowadays she's mostly adjusted using Lyft/Uber to go to the doctor or visit family but walking to see friends and go shopping (walk score for her place is very decent). The impact to her self-esteem hasn't quite recovered yet. Society in general even for an older individual places a LOT of worth on us being "drivers" - popular media reinforces it (just listen and you'll get tons of car references in pop music and movies). I wish she could move to somewhere like France where this isn't the case, but that ship sailed quite a few years ago.