Anybody Watch 100 Yo Motorists? What Do You Think?

[agchristie]

Fascinating programme earlier on ITV! Anybody see it? What are your thoughts on elderly drivers? Would you impose a limit or other conditions?

[Elina]

I bet the ones lagging in the cars behind him had a lump in their throat tezmand ;0)

[Bathsheba]

The car was called Gumdrop,.....+ the guy's name was Val Biro.
I remember those books well....always thought they were written by a woman, lol! *Hi Elina,....I haven't forgotten IOU, ;)*
Baths x

[tezmand]

gumdrop i believe it was

[tezmand]

yes i bet there was some swearing going on behind him

[Elina]

Gumdrop!! They looked like really sweet stories for children! Hiya Bath! Whenever Bath .. you know that x

[Elina]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BuQmZhVIgY0/TxjowpyMifI/AAAAAAABzFU/Lcnb64aYkpY/s640/80799.jpg Love those illustrations!

[Bathsheba]

did you notice the announcement at the very end? He died last month, sadly :)
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/29/val-biro

[Elina]

No I didn't!! Awww x

[Elina]

Thanks for the link Bath, enjoyed reading that, interesting!

[Elina]

What a clever & Interesting man!

[Elina]

http://www.itv.com/news/2014-08-13/meet-britains-100-year-old-drivers-who-refuse-to-down-their-keys/

[Tizzi24]

The people in the programme were lovely. I'm in my late 60's and hope I have the sense to stop driving when I feel I need to. I think everyone over the age of 70 should have an assessment of their driving, possibly every 3 years.