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SWBTATTReg

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5. A shame but all elderly drivers go through this process. My dad the same thing, but in his case, they pulled

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Jul 4, 2026, 07:02 PM

Jul 4

him over at the Lake of the Ozarks (some 50 miles away from home), and were nice enough to point him in the right direction to get home (2 lane roads in the middle of the Ozarks). My dad told me not to tell Mom, but I eventually did, fear of him causing harm to himself and/or others.

Every family have to go through this, some independence is valued, but how far does one go? Must consider others on the road besides yourselves.

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Time to take his license away Bluestocking Jul 4 #1

You add a rather serious prior head injury to being 83 yo in the first place AZJonnie Jul 4 #2

86, actually. maxsolomon Jul 6 #22

Should have Rebl2 Jul 4 #13

Dude Lemon Lyman Jul 4 #3

Yup. Leaving the scene of a major accident shows a loss of critical thinking skills. erronis Jul 4 #4

A shame but all elderly drivers go through this process. My dad the same thing, but in his case, they pulled SWBTATTReg Jul 4 #5

our town in a blue county of NJ NJCher Jul 4 #8

This is very nice and good for the families and seniors involved. Sounds like we need to have more of these SWBTATTReg Jul 5 #19

Wanted to elaborate more on this ... my brother was going to move into my Mom's house at the Lake of the Ozarks after SWBTATTReg Jul 5 #20

Had Rebl2 Jul 4 #15

There's a good chance he shouldn't be driving blue_jay Jul 4 #6

We had to take my moms car away from her after multiple Tree Lady Jul 4 #7

It was a difficult conversation with my dad. hunter Jul 4 #10

Penalty could be up to 6 months jail according to the statute MichMan Jul 4 #9

I really doubt they would do that to an 83 year old. LisaL Jul 4 #12

I doubt they will file any charges at all given who he is MichMan Jul 4 #16

Oh, the MAGA's will love this, of course. hamsterjill Jul 4 #11

The French Laundry? Brother Buzz Jul 4 #14

Way too many bad drivers on the road, snot Jul 5 #17

A lot of speedsters too, sometimes I am glad to see police just waiting for them on busy steets Beringia Jul 5 #18

This is why I can't wait for self-driving cars to be in sync with each other and perfected Polybius Jul 5 #21