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Older versus Young ...
Whenever I discuss the current road and traffic situation with older drivers they are quick to point out that it is the younger drivers on our roads that cause all the problems. And indeed, statistics would seem to back this up.
Drivers under twenty-five tend to have more accidents and pay higher insurance premiums.
However, although drivers over seventy (as a demographic group) appear to have fewer accidents a there is some evidence to show that the accident rate increases dramatically amongst some drivers over seventy-five years of age and matches the level of younger drivers.
Other studies suggest that mile-for-mile elderly drivers have more collisions than younger drivers – and furthermore, are more vulnerable when involved in an accident.
With the numbers of older drivers increasing by about 1.5% each year the problem is growing.
No problem! (story date May 2007)
As well as making the weekly journey from her home to Invergowrie Parish Church, which she has attended for more than 60 years, she also drives to the local shops. "I don't get nervous, I just take it as I find it. I take the quieter streets. You just have to watch what you are doing." Driving tests did not exist when she first got behind the wheel back in the early 1930s. "It was too long ago for all that," she said. Source: BBC News |
Sheila Thomson, who has been driving for 70 years, makes the 15-mile round trip in her Peugeot 106 from her home in Broughty Ferry, near Dundee, to church in Invergowrie every Sunday - she is believed to be the oldest driver ins Scotland.Click the forward arrow below to learn more. Click the 'ball' below to return to the Older Drivers index page.
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