Another Reason Why People Over 70 Should Have To Take Yearly Driving Exams

I work at Cox South Hospital, and I get to see a lot of crazy things. This happened today and reaffirmed to me today why people over 70 should have to take yearly driving exams. So without violating any HIPA guidelines here is the story.

A fellow transporter like myself was taking a discharged patient to their car. He had the patient inside the building in between to sliding glass doors waiting for the patient's spouse to bring the car around. Sitting in front of the door closest to the building was a white car, please remember the car is not moving. We are now watching the patient's spouse bring the car up, this person is about 84 years of age. As they come up the circle drive and get closer to the white car sitting there, it suddenly veers and starts to come towards the glass doors! The person transporting the patient starts waving his arms frantically trying to get the person to stop. The car stopped three feet away from the door. When asked why they swerved and started driving toward the door they responded, "I swerved because that white car pulled out in front of me and I driving inside to pick the person up."

Who in their right mind gave that person a licence? This will just go as proof that anyone over the age of 70 should have to take yearly driving exams.