Driving is more difficult than flying, car are not stable
and there is traffic all the time. But that said, neither
cars or planes are safe in the hands of a person who has
lost "normal" reaction times. When you get your DL renewed
or a new medical they check your vision to see if you can
tell the difference between a stop sign and a school bus or
an E and F. I've seen a lot of old people (Q-tips) behind
the wheel and they scare me.

I think that a Nerf football or baseball should be used by
doctors and DL examiners to test reaction times, without
being warned [except by signs posted] the examiner should
toss the ball AT the applicant from about 5-10 feet away.
This should be done to young and old alike [no
discrimination.] If they did not at least react BEFORE the
ball hit them by trying to dodge, catch or deflect the ball
before it passed them, they are either on drugs, drunk, too
old and should not be driving or flying. IMHO.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
some support
http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm
See http://www.fija.org/ more about your rights and duties.


"nrp" wrote in message
oups.com...
| About 15 years ago I ran into a fellow at Oshkosh selling
a beautiful
| polished metal Cessna 170. It was his 80+ year old Dad's
airplane.
| They also had to take away his driving keys too. I asked
which went
| first - the ability to drive or to fly? He thought more
than a bit
| before stating that really it was his ability to drive.
|