{"id":9156,"date":"2025-06-16T18:59:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T18:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/?p=9156"},"modified":"2025-06-16T18:59:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T18:59:04","slug":"should-seniors-still-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/?p=9156","title":{"rendered":"SHOULD SENIORS STILL DRIVE?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As populations age, countries are rethinking road rules for drivers over 70. Should experience be enough\u2014or is it time for mandatory retesting?<\/p>\n<p>A tragic case in La Rochelle, France, where an 83-year-old drove the wrong way and hit children, reignited debate. While seniors often drive safely, studies show drivers over 75 have similar crash rates per mile as 18\u201324-year-olds\u2014raising flags over slower reflexes, poor vision, and cognitive decline.<\/p>\n<p>Some nations like Denmark and Japan now require tests or offer incentives to surrender licenses. Experts say ability-based checks\u2014not age limits\u2014are key.<\/p>\n<p>The big question: How do we protect public safety without stripping seniors of their dignity and independence? Better transit, education, and family support may offer a path forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As populations age, countries are rethinking road rules for drivers over 70. Should experience be enough\u2014or is it time for mandatory retesting? A tragic case in La&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9156"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9158,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9156\/revisions\/9158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}