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I have a relative who kept driving well into his eighties long after he should have stopped - he was in the early stages of Alzheimer's. He was too stubborn to listen to the family and only stopped once his doctor realised how bad he was.
In the light of this experience, I feel that drivers over a certain age, 80 or possibly even 75, should have to renew their licences on a year-by-year basis after an assessment. We all "slow down" but at different rates and in different ways - reactions, sight, hearing, spatial awareness etc, but are unaware as the change is gradual. An assessment would weed out the worst cases.
I am sure that Fangio would have passed such an assessment with flying colours. but would every 80-year old?
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