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By Bill Stokes
Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and thousands of others in his age group face the Biden like dilemma on a daily basis of whether or not their driving ability has lost enough of its edge that it is in the best interests of everyone for them to get out from behind the wheel and let somebody else do the driving?
There are examples of resentment among older drivers when the decision is made for them by family members; and there are reluctant acceptances by many who turn in their car keys at their own behest because “it was time.”
The incidence of walker-users getting behind the wheel of vehicles capable of going 100 mph and heading out into heavy traffic is not uncommon; and perhaps comes with much less risk than the teenaged speedster who demands to lead the traffic drag race.
Making self-limiting decisions on the basis of risks in an unknown future is an unavoidable fact of aging life.
Phyllis and the keeper are both good and safe drivers—so far, and in their own opinions.
And maybe someday the keeper will remember just how to turn on the rear windshield wiper.
Good luck, Joe!
