Wisconsin legislators draft a bill to change senior driver license renewals after 12-year-old Emmet Zodrow was run over and killed in a June crash. His family speaks to NBC 26 about the development.
The children of the elderly are complicit in this. You know your parents are nearly blind, barely able to turn their heads and with the reaction time of a tortoise. I’m sorry it’s inconvenient to stop them from driving.
No that’s just finding someone to blame. Yes, the family should be first to notice a problem. Yes, family should do the right thing. Yes, family should help their parents maintain independence. But passing the buck to family is bs. Not everyone has family. Not everyone has family nearby. Not everyone has family who can help. And get this, even non-elderly can be incapacitated or otherwise unable to drive
We as society are equally complicit in not identifying when driving privileges should be revoked and not supporting alternatives. It takes a village to help someone age in dignity and we all are that village
The children of the elderly are complicit in this. You know your parents are nearly blind, barely able to turn their heads and with the reaction time of a tortoise. I’m sorry it’s inconvenient to stop them from driving.
No that’s just finding someone to blame. Yes, the family should be first to notice a problem. Yes, family should do the right thing. Yes, family should help their parents maintain independence. But passing the buck to family is bs. Not everyone has family. Not everyone has family nearby. Not everyone has family who can help. And get this, even non-elderly can be incapacitated or otherwise unable to drive
We as society are equally complicit in not identifying when driving privileges should be revoked and not supporting alternatives. It takes a village to help someone age in dignity and we all are that village
Hell yeah. Number one problem is car dependency!