Should the elderly retake their test?
WOMAN'S OWN|October 16, 2023
The government is consulting on whether harsher laws should be imposed on elderly drivers who might be unfit to drive
Should the elderly retake their test?

YES

Driving is a huge responsibility' 
Frances Leate, 41, is a senior writer for Woman's Own.

There are some stories you never forget as a journalist, they stay with you and never leave. And one of those happened while I was a reporter on my local paper in February 2011. Three days after refusing to surrender his driving licence after failing an eye test, 87-year-old driver Colin Horsfall veered off the road, mounting a pavement in Colchester and hitting Cassie McCord, a 16-year-old girl on her way to college.

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