Every DMV in the nation would like an answer to this problem. I have
worked in public safety for 40 years and am near retirement. The agency
I work for requires commissioned officers to retire at age 60 unless
after a rigerous physical examination they are found fit to continue and
then only for 2 or 3 years beyond 60.

Driving should be the same. Start with a physical exam at any age, put
the onus on the medical community to send in a report on anyone of
driving age that is suspect of being incapable of driving, that way only
doctors would have drivers licenses. You get the idea though. It has
to be a hard and fast rule or regulation that is adopted or mandated
nationwide like the 55mph speed limit was a few years back. Driving is
a privilege, not a right as the Supreme Court has already ruled on.

Killing or maiming someone with a motor vehicle is not and should not be
allowed or approved of for any reason.

If you look at the statistics they will tell you one thing, There is a
certain age at which drivers of a certain age have fewer crashes, they
start with a high for youger drivers, that’s why young people above the
age of 25 start getting better rates on car insurance and usually will
continue till and when a person starts having multiple crashes at an
older age.

Many DMV’s already have a program in place that recognizes the numbber
of crashes and or violatons and when they reach a certain number the
driver is required to take a test to continue driving. But and it is a
big BUT, no pun intended, just because someone is SUSPENDED, CANCELLED,
or REVOKED does not mean they can be made to stop driving, I see it all
the time. Many times as the driver in a fatality crash report. There
are no easy answers to this problem.

Everyone has a responsibility to report poor driving on the part of any
driver as it may result in a person being curtailed from driving.

I saw this as a kid. An 87 year old man got confused, hit the gas
instead of the brake, ran over a parking meter, when through the front
of a ladies wear store and kill 2 women and a child. He was charged
with Vehicular Homicide, but come on really what do you do with an
otherwise responsibile elderly citizen who won’t live long anyway other
than to take their license and that’s about all.

I rest my case.