91 year old woman runs down pedestrians -

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road deaths statistic

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https://datahub.roadsafety.gov.au/progr ... oad-deaths

[Bobby]

Well they should be required to have mandatory eye, reflex, cognition and medical testing. I see some people getting into cars who can barely walk. How can they possibly operate the pedals effectively?

I've seen that too -
a very old man who can not actually walk - he shuffles along very slowly yet he drives a car.

[Bobby]

A medical episode can happen at any age.

I heard a story once of a man who was only 50.
He had a heart attack and died while driving past a school at 8.50am.
He went across the wrong side of the road -
up on to the footpath and school kids had to jump out of the way -
he went right through a fence in front of a house.
Luckily - no one was killed or injured.

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a very old man who can not actually walk - he shuffles along very slowly yet he drives a car

Someone may have bad left foot so can not work but can drive car with automatic transmission.