Those statistics do not include cases where older person switches lanes into your car and you luckily avoid it. They also do not include cases where other peop

Those statistics do not include cases where older person switches lanes into your car and you luckily avoid it. They also do not include cases where other people cause accidents and go on their marry way while you wreck your vehicle avoiding them. Like the other poster stated, it's young (novice drivers) and old drivers. It's also a scientific fact that you reaction time decreases as you grow older. >Because all the stats I've seen show that older drivers are safer better drivers than young people. Sure. http://consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2012/10/teenagers-and-older-people-are-the-riskiest-drivers/index.htm http://consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2012/10/teenagers-an... http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/older_adult_drivers/adult-drivers_factsheet.html http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/older_adult_drivers/ad... > Age-related declines in vision and cognitive functioning (ability to reason and remember), as well as physical changes, may affect some older adults' driving abilities.5 > Per mile traveled, fatal crash rates increase starting at age 75 and increase notably after age 80. This is largely due to increased susceptibility to injury and medical complications among older drivers rather than an increased tendency to get into crashes