[Ossywarrior]

interesting topic... im a manager for a very large haulage company and we are having this very same problem. HGV drivers have to have a medical every 5 years which say they are fit to drive. now we have had an incident where a 74 yr old driver has crased and killed a family. now what has come out of this is that a 74 yr old cant do the work of a 35 yr old, he fatigues earlier and his reaction times are a lot slower but he is legally allowed to drive the vehicle and age discrimination laws say we can't make him redundant on the grounds of age. we also have to treat him the same as everyone else as we cant discriminate against the other drivers because there older than him...so what can we do?

i do feel that driving over 70 should be banned but then how many pensioners will lose there freedom and be left at the mercy of public transport.