Fitness to drive
When is it time to give up the car keys and let
someone else sit behind the wheel? It's a question that is coming to
the forefront of public debate and government legislation
Life
can be measured by a series of defining moments. Many are age-related.
Sixteen, for example, is often remembered as "the year I got my
driver's licence," a marker of maturity and independence that usually
lasts for a lifetime.
But with increasing frequency, there's a
corresponding – and often traumatic – marker at the other end of the
timeline. It's the moment when a doctor, transportation official or
family member says: "Time ... more