With a rise in fatal accidents caused by elderly drivers; does the nation need stricter rules on licenses?

[SolidSnake84]

I decided to start this thread so that i could talk about the subject without taking the other threads off topic.

As you now know, My good friend Josh Doll was killed in May by 88 year old Charles Clevenger, who had allegedly had either a revoked or suspended license and had not driven in years due to his need of a full-time oxygen tank.

We were talking about this in the other thread:http://www.thewarpath.net/redskins-l...old-qbs-2.html

So now your discussion can go here, so that I dont take the other thread off topic like i had been doing. Sorry.

George Russell Weller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is the guy behind the farmer's market massacre in 2003 that left 10 people dead and i think a dozen more injured. The incident at the time really sparked a debate over whether or not the nation needed some kind of checks and balances when it comes to old people that may be unsafe to keep their license.

I know in Virginia, we do not have any kind of testing to see if you are still physically fit to keep your license other than the vision test (check to see if you see flashing lights). I dont mean to sound discriminatory, but i think that over a certain age, or after a serious surgery/debilitating injury, you should have to retake a driving test in order to keep your license. The only people who should be worried about it are the people who obviously cannot still safely drive. I know plenty of people in their 60's and 70's who would pass it just fine....but i know even more that wouldnt even stand a chance.

What do you think? read the examples given of Charles Clevenger and Russell Weller, and see if what happened was fair. Neither man was given any jail time due to their age.