Elderly People...

                           Elderly People

        Don’t you think that older aged drivers should be tested more often of their senses? During the past years elderly people have caused very big accidents, due to their eye sight or hearing. I think that the DMV should have specific tests for the elderly, that are designed to find out if their senses are still functioning properly or normal for their ages. You should be able to know that when you are in your car with your children, you should be able to trust that the elderly are able to hear the sounds of the road and properly see the road, as you do.

             In the past five years, elderly people have had accidents, which some were caused by their senses not properly working. I think it’s the DMV’s responsibility to tell or test the elderly, to make sure it’s still safe for them to drive. I don’t think that it’s the elderly entire fault for not knowing their senses aren’t working, because no one tells them their not functioning properly. Although if they notice something in their sight or hearing is not acting normal, they should go to their doctor immediately, to get a checkup. With that said, elderly people on the road can be dangerous at times without intention.

            The DMV should have special tests for people of older ages, which still drive. Since they have everyone’s information in their systems, they should have a program that tells them when someone has reached a certain age, and it should be time to test them. When it’s time to test people, it shouldn’t be the ordinary worker testing the elderly, they should hire doctors. A doctor can see if something is wrong with the person, just by seeing them, and besides that’s their profession. Also, if the elderly had any questions or experienced any problems with their senses at any time, they could ask the doctor. I think these are great suggestions for the DMV to notice and test elderly people.

            When you’re on the road, you need to be able to know that everyone on the road is alert and still able to drive safely. Sometimes, elderly people aren’t safe enough to be driving on the road. When you start to age, you cannot hear, see, or move as clear or as quickly as you use too when you were young. This is what happens to the elderly, but it’s not their fault, it comes with aging. That is why there needs to be a system to know when the elderly are simply too old to be on the road. You and your children deserve to be safe when you share the road with an elderly or simply anyone.

            In the end I am not saying that all the accidents on the road are caused by the elderly, because that is not true. People of all ages can cause big accidents, and can be not eligible to drive as well. Although, the elderly problems that come with aging cannot be fixed, and that is why I think they should be tested more often, to see if their still able to drive on the road. That’s a problem that we will have to deal with in matter of time, and someone needs to fix.