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ERS well thank you all very much for uh
all the many comments and opinions that
you gave about my uh subject of uh being
distracted by listening to music or
listening to the radio when driving and
of course I realized that naturally that
would be a minority view but I do think
it beholds all of us to drive with the
greatness to care with uh maximum
concentration and without distractions
of any sort because as we've said it
only takes that one second for something
serious to happen
but uh my dad taught me to drive when I
was nine or ten years old and I couldn't
wait to get my first license at 16 of
course and so to get on the road legally
and um over the last 70 years I guess
I've driven all sorts of vehicles Farm
vehicles and uh lorries and motorbikes
and cars and what uh what have you but I
do realize that as we get older that
our capabilities are less and I think
in older people one's eyes don't
accommodate so quickly to changes in
light
we probably
can't react as quick as we could when we
were younger and read the road and react
to
signs and directions and
therefore I think as old people should
be conscious of that and I hope I am and
now I only drive on familiar roads and
when the circumstances are
are suitable
um I think old people do drive very
safely but in the process of driving
safely enough they probably drive too
slowly I mean if when you're driving you
shouldn't be a responsible and conscious
of everything around you and you should
be able to keep up with the flow and
speed of the traffic around you so that
you're not a distraction to the drivers
behind you
so I do think and this wouldn't be a
popular view with the elderly I dare say
but I do think that people over the age
of say
70 maybe
should have to take another driving test
to
assess whether they are safe to be on
the road not necessarily the particular
test that you do with your theory and
everything when you take your first
driving test but just to have a uh like
an instructor beside you to assess your
capabilities and your reaction times
so I throw that Pebble in the pond for
further discussion
um and so I see you again next time if
there is a next time until then
goodbye