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I am glad Tennessee now has a graduated lisence process for beginning drivers & think something similar should be done for elderly requiring re-testing periodicly. Even though not too many years hence I will be in that category, I would rather my kids be able to blame the state than see them placed in the position of taking my car from me as my sisters & I did for my dad & as he had to for his dad.
My dad even had to remove the distributer cap from the tractor as grandaddy would get on it & try to drive around after they took his car keys. He ended up wrecking into a Ferrari before they took his car keys. He also once pulled up in my sister's yard & put her kids in & took them to a distant relative's house & left them there. He did not even remember it. Luckily they figured out whose kids they were & called us. Sad when you have to warn your kids to run from their great grandfather. Yep, it is just not safe to let folks drive until they die, unchecked and some old folks don't have kids to take their keys away. This is only going to get worse as we the baby boom generation continues to age.
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