Editor's Note: This brief write-up below by New Smyrna Beach resident Stan Kapp is in response to Headline Surfer® community blogger Darlene Vann's "Musings" column published March 13, and headlined, "Too many old people left to fend for themselves behind the wheel and that's scary."
A link to Vann's blog is copied below Kapp's comments, which were verified by thge award-winning 24/7 internet newspaper with Florida authorities.
At left are scenes from a fatal crash that occurred Feb. 6 in New Smyrna Beach, in which an elderly woman driver drove into the Coronado medical building owned by Bert Fish Hospital.
A link to that story is below as well.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- All the investigating officer has to do is send the driver to be retested. I was hit several years ago in New Smyrna Beach by an elderly driver. The Florida Highway Patrol showed up and said the driver should not be operating a vehicle. And he was on oxygen while driving.
Only two entities can take a drivers license: the courts or the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Once a person has been issued a re-test order he or she has 30 days to appear at the DHSMV office for a complete exam, which includes eyes, hearing, written and practical driving demonstration. If they don't pass, then their license to drive is revoked.
We have the right to have only competent drivers on the road.
Blog: Musings by Darlene Vann
Too many old people left to fend for themselves behind the wheel and that's scaryLocal stories on elderly drivers and fatal mishaps:
NSB cops: Man killed, several others injured after elderly woman backs car into medical building
Authorities: Elderly Ormond Beach woman drowned in submerged car in retention pond near her residence Posted Sat, 2012-09-29 06:25 http://headlinesurfer.com/content/410232-authorities-elderly-ormond-bea…;
Other Media Perspectives:
Give Me the Keys, Dad
Here is a link to Florida Motor Vehicles on safety and elderly drivers: http://www.dmvflorida.org/senior-drivers.shtml