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As the baby boomer bubble pushes into its eighties, we are driving into a demographic wall.

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[-] chunes@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Do these people not realize that there are in fact standards that prevent people with certain health problems from driving?

[-] zip@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Only if their doctors report it or it's painfully obvious at the DMV, from my understanding. We live in a very backwards Trump-ian red state where being able to drive - even if they obviously should not to any reasonable person - is seen as their 'God-given constitutional right!' like with guns. Especially since there's no public transportation here. They're more worried about the inconvenience to the person needing their license taken away ('how are they gonna get to their doctors or their pharmacy for the treatment they need for their conditions?') than they are about the innocent people they may take out when they start seizing or mix up the pedals on their drive to their doctors office. It's a whole weird solipsistic cultural thing that I find difficult to explain.

Like, me? I obviously should not be driving, like mentioned in my previous comment (for more reasons than I listed.) I recognize that and don't want to hurt others (which is considered weird here,) so I don't. But I guaran-fucking-tee you I could get my license easily if I tried and I couldn't see my doctors doing the work to get it taken away from me.

There's also plenty of people who have had their licenses taken away - whether for medical reasons or DUIs or too many traffic violations - but still drive... Also super common here.

Sorry this reply is so long 😅 it's something I feel strongly about + my brain is broken, like I mentioned, so I ramble, lol. 😅

[-] chunes@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Nah, I appreciate your comment. It's hard when the answer to "should this person be driving" is 'maybe,' when they're right on the edge like that. That's something I don't have experience with because I became unable to drive quickly enough that I couldn't even if I wanted to.

I definitely relate to your feeling of "why would I want to put other people in danger" though. I stopped driving long before I technically had to because I didn't want to be unsafe.

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