When is too old to drive?

<Tab/><Tab/>When is it Too Old to Drive? <Tab/>Have you ever been driving down the road and had to swerve out of the way or suddenly had to slam on the brakes due to a clueless driver? Most drivers have had a close call with another car, a person walking, or an object while driving. But when does one know when …

…Shope, driving isn't just a matter of convenience in our society-it's a symbol of independence. In a recent research on a group of elderly people, Dr. Jean Shope discovered: "Some people in the group said they'd rather die that give up driving" (Abell 32). In the past forty years, almost everything about our lifestyles has changed, including technological advances of our vehicles (Automobile). Should our criteria for the drivers on the roads not change as well?