Ran a stop sign the other day and a red light a few days later

I am always mystified as to why people respond the way they do. OK….I understand that some are trying to be helpful in trying to guide the poster to seek medical advice/stop driving. Kudos to you. I really am disheartened by some insulting comments. Constructive criticism is always better than destructive criticism. And if you think you have been had, just shrug it off.
 
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Born_To_Lose said:
It’s time to park the car and put the keys on the hook. Do yourself a huge favor and stop driving. I would think your doctor would have enough sense to have your license pulled.
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A doctor can’t have a license pulled. All they can do is send a diagnosis to the authorities and them take care of it. It’s not as easy as people think to get a dangerous drivers Iicense revoked.
 
I'm not sure where OP lives - his avatar says Easy Coast if that helps others know - but in Australia - a doctor certainly can
revoke your licence on medical grounds.
You can appeal that - although after over a decade working in general practice I have only ever known one person to successfully do so.

There is also a TV campaign at the moment saying "dont give up driving by accident" - encouraging seniors to know when to voluntarily relinquish their licence, before anything happens.
Certainly seems that is what OP should do - either permanantly or at least until these episodes can be medically treated/prevented, if that is possible

PeppermintPatty said:
A doctor can’t have a license pulled. All they can do is send a diagnosis to the authorities and them take care of it. It’s not as easy as people think to get a dangerous drivers Iicense revoked.
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January said:
I'm not sure where OP lives - his avatar says Easy Coast if that helps others know - but in Australia - a doctor certainly can
revoke your licence on medical grounds.
You can appeal that - although after over a decade working in general practice I have only ever known one person to successfully do so.

There is also a TV campaign at the moment saying "dont give up driving by accident" - encouraging seniors to know when to voluntarily relinquish their licence, before anything happens.
Certainly seems that is what OP should do - either permanantly or at least until these episodes can be medically treated/prevented, if that is possible
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Well this is good news. When my dad was in his 90’s and still driving, it was very difficult trying to get him to stop. I had to hide his car and then his car keys. He had 3 sets of them.
 
The thought I have is, if ya seem to be all wrong pull over, stop and sleep it off.
I witnessed an episode in a parking lot where an elder tromped on the gas, shot
down the street in the parking lot and hit a parked car. Now it could have been
a broken Idle spring. I just witnessed and said what I saw.

I once witnessed a lady driving down the parking curb of a major street in housing.
Several years later she hit a Woman Backing out of her driveway. She is driving like a
Parked car but around 10 mph. The doors still opened and closed on the hit car.
 
PeppermintPatty said:
A doctor can’t have a license pulled. All they can do is send a diagnosis to the authorities and them take care of it. It’s not as easy as people think to get a dangerous drivers Iicense revoked.
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Exactly. Sorry, I wasn’t being more precise, but the doctor does start the ball rolling and his opinion carries a lot of weight. Once the DMV receives the doctor’s statement, they normally will have the driver report to a local driving license center for possibly a review of the rules and may also test his judgment by using computer generated situations and the driver selecting the correct answer.

One size doesn’t fit all. Different states have different testing procedures.
 
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When my brother-in-law's mother was descending into dementia but still insisted on driving, the "boys" were too scared of her to take away the car, so the other brother went over and disabled it.

She'd call him every day and ask him to come over and fix the car. He'd say he would and then wouldn't.

After a couple of weeks, she forgot she had a car. Problem solved.
 
This why I won't live in an isolated remote area where it's almost impossible or too expensive to call a tax or Uber. I live alone and don't have any family or friends to count on. I do have a car, but I won't have any problem getting Uber. I order food/grocery delivery to me all the time.
 
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jujube said:
When my brother-in-law's mother was descending into dementia but still insisted on driving, the "boys" were too scared of her to take away the car, so the other brother went over and disabled it.

She'd call him every day and ask him to come over and fix the car. He'd say he would and then wouldn't.

After a couple of weeks, she forgot she had a car. Problem solved.
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Poor mother-in-law with dementia, the family should have invited her to live with them.
 

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