Do you still drive? Age?

Over 80, still driving, but not on dangerous highways. Driving at night is no problem for me. I mostly just drive to local errands, social activities within my community (usually about a mile or two from home), and doctors' appointments. No long distance driving.

My biggest problem has been getting my GPS to understand that I prefer routes on local streets, but including some highways that are pretty safe, eliminating others. Montgomery County is notorious for aggressive, speeding drivers, especially on the highways. And my GPS apparently loves all highways.
 

Sunny said:
Over 80, still driving, but not on dangerous highways. Driving at night is no problem for me. I mostly just drive to local errands, social activities within my community (usually about a mile or two from home), and doctors' appointments. No long distance driving.

My biggest problem has been getting my GPS to understand that I prefer routes on local streets, but including some highways that are pretty safe, eliminating others. Montgomery County is notorious for aggressive, speeding drivers, especially on the highways. And my GPS apparently loves all highways.
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Sunny, good for you, soldier on! You give me hope as I will be 73 this year...
 
I'm 64 and I gave up driving in February this year. I took my car to the garage and was told it would cost over £500 to get it through the MOT.. It was 14 years old and spent a lot of time sitting outside, exposed to the elements.. I only ever used it for work, which is not too far away now I've moved.. So I can catch a bus, cycle or even walk, if necessary.. I ended up selling it to the garage for a decent amount of cash.. I'm happier since I got shot of it.. parking here can be a PITA, and I wasn't enjoying driving as I was getting older due to eye conditions.. Night driving could be particularly difficult, with headlight glare..
 

Packerjohn said:
Yes, I do. Just bought a slightly used car a couple of months ago. Reckon, this one will be my last.
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Will be if you don't knock the booze on the head. Meanwhile, after 68 years of holding a driving license without any claims, tickets, or parking offences or offenses if you prefer, including dents and scratches in other people's cars, I still wind the MB sporty number over 100mph, using the Ford as the workhorse.
Must be the lack of early morning stretching that keeps my brain sharp, or getting up on the high roof or perhaps moving the ton of coal and loads of logs when 84 and disabled.
 
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Britain's oldest truck driver who still works 12 hour days at the age of 90 is set to continue working for another year after passing a health check. Brian Wilson started driving armoured trucks in Germany during his national service in 1950. When he returned to the UK he started his driving career delivering for Esso in 1953.

Seventy years later, the father-of-four still wakes up at 4am for his 12 hour shifts delivering to various places in the UK. Mr Wilson requires a full health check up from his doctor each year which allows him to drive on the roads. After he passed his annual assessment this year, he said he was glad to be able to continue his career.
 
davey said:
I do hope he has a fun time out life style too? 12 hr days don't leave much time for anything else like fun?
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When I worked for Metroplitan Toronto Ambulance in the 70's and 80's, we worked 12 hour shifts. Our 6 week schedule ( 42 days ) saw us work only 20 days, with 22 days off. Once every 6 weeks we had an entire 7 days off, rest days, not vacation days. An average work week saw us working either 3 day shifts, 7 am to 7 pm, or 4 night shifts 7pm to 7 am. Most of us had side jobs that we worked on our days off. I ran a car clean up shop for used car dealers who wanted interior shampoos, or wax and buff of the exterior paint. I employed 3 people. I sold that business to 2 guys who worked for Toronto Fire. They ran it for a number of years. TFD work 24 hour shifts, with a 24 hour break between their shifts. JimB.
 
davey said:
Hahahahahah!! - I don't know why you just make me laugh a lot!! - superman????????
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That's me Davey, hate being still, hate other people doing my jobs and most of all hate old age if the brain stays young and the world is still a laugh. Two weeks later and it feels like the virus is close gone, really pushed myself as I stripped the bathroom out, but it was worth it. Might get the Merc out tomorrow and give it a blast and keep a watchful eye out for the idiots on the road. Went to the local shops yesterday and a happy smiling idiot stepped straight out in front of me, ok except he stopped smiling as did my wife as all the shopping bags including eight bags of milk were on the back seat and came crashing to the front everywhere. Last year, first time out an idiot pulled straight out in front of me and never looked. Had to brake like crazy and throw the car sideways to miss the idiot. And they want us old drivers off the road, it is a ruddy nightmare out there fella.
 
and you live in a sleepy old english village?? - yea I got outa all of that in the early 80's for a bigger experience and I have always believed in the connections between big open spaces and big expanding minds. I travelled around USA and CA once and then European places that had more room - expanded places produce expanded minds. That's why the brits [pce] can get so picky about everything especially sharing there rapidly disappearing open spaces!! - Tell us about the last time you ventured on a british motorway??
 
davey said:
and you live in a sleepy old english village?? - yea I got outa all of that in the early 80's for a bigger experience and I have always believed in the connections between big open spaces and big expanding minds. I travelled around USA and CA once and then European places that had more room - expanded places produce expanded minds. That's why the brits [pce] can get so picky about everything especially sharing there rapidly disappearing open spaces!! - Tell us about the last time you ventured on a british motorway??
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Are you still taking Pearl Slaghoople's daughter out for runs?
 
davey said:
and you live in a sleepy old english village?? - yea I got outa all of that in the early 80's for a bigger experience and I have always believed in the connections between big open spaces and big expanding minds. I travelled around USA and CA once and then European places that had more room - expanded places produce expanded minds. That's why the brits [pce] can get so picky about everything especially sharing there rapidly disappearing open spaces!! - Tell us about the last time you ventured on a british motorway??
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Davy, you must have missed most of the USA. When talking about open spaces you cannot beat the areas west of the Mississippi river and east of the Rocky Mountains....if you truly want open spaces, this is where it is...
 
Agreed! - it's the concept that is important not the names! there are also big open spaces in Oz too where I reside! but too continue I do think that people who live in tightly packed places see life and respond to life differently! my SIL came out once from UK and I took her out for 3 hr drive in our countryside to see some rellies of mine and she became visible uncomfortable and kept asking if we would make it OK and whether I had got lost .................................I told her " I do this drive monthly on job consignments"??
 
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