Taking Away The Car Keys

[Jamala]

I have no real solutions for you Lee...however, in my opinion, your husband should not be driving at all. Your safety. his safety and the public's is at stake here.
As for you not driving...why should you be forced to do something you do not want to do, whatever your age.
The question is, is other transport available for you both.

 

[StarSong]

No I wasn't joking. You assume too much. JimB.

Nevertheless, I think telling someone his car had been stolen in order to keep him from driving is a bad idea on a lot of levels.

 

[jimintoronto]

Nevertheless, I think telling someone his car had been stolen in order to keep him from driving is a bad idea on a lot of levels.

You are entitled to your opinion. My differs. JimB.

 

[Lee]

Update,......sorry for the delay getting back to this thread. It worked out well with the neighbor doing the long drive. Hubby was a bit sullen at first but has accepted the way things have to be.

Me driving, I had my first lesson yesterday with the neighbor, a small jaunt round the park and a little down the country road. I did not do well, nervous about driving the truck.

To those who asked my reason for not driving.....I still hold a license but have not driven for over 20 years. Not a DUI not even a ticker. I hit a dog and did not want to drive after that. But I am the world's best back seat driver.

Baby steps.

 

[ManjaroKDE]

Took my father's keys away when he damaged the pass. side running into a concrete filled post protecting the gas pumps, He complained about them to me to which I replied 'They're there to keep drivers like you from creating a deadly inferno and killing an innocent'.

 

[charry]

My hubby was told by his consultant , that he could drive after his stroke, in an adapted car…..

we tried , a mobility scooter , then an Electric wheelchair , but he couldn’t steer these, let alone a car on a main road……I got a second opinion , and found out hubby , had left sided neglect, so drove into the left all the time and when you shouted STOP, or BRAKE ,he was oblivious to it…OMG..

but hubby new himself he could not ever drive again……….
So disheartening for him !!

Lee…..70 is not too old to drive…your be fine…….
im a better driver now than I’ve ever been at 67, xx

 

[Gaer]

@Lee. I can only relate this to the time we had to sell our thoroughbred horse because neither of us could lift the hay bales any more.
It's difficult for a real man to realize this part of his life is over.
I would do everything in my power to make sure he keeps his dignity AS A MAN! Help him keep his individuality.
Ask him to make more decisions. let him know you rely on him, feel protected by him. that you NEED him.
That's a big thing: taking his keys away. That's your decision, of course. I'm just saying,
Let him keep his manhood in every way you can because this action could affect him in ways he might not express to you.

And YOU! Get out there girl and get your driver's license! You're just a young thing! You still have years of driving ahead of you!

 

[gloria]

I am 92 and still driving, our town is small and all stores are close by.
I will not drive freeways simply because speed limit is above the speed I like to drive.
I also think if your taking a lot of medicine, that is a good reason not to drive at any age.

 

[horseless carriage]

Jack Fisher, who defied all odds to survive at birth, carried on driving his 44 ton, heavy goods truck until two months before his death in March at the age of 88. His feat earned him a place in The Guinness Book of Records.