An elderly woman loses an appeal to get her driver's licence back after failing two driving tests, including one where she amassed 182 penalty points — 160 more than a fail mark.

Of course, the real story here is how the elderly (and everyone else) are fucked over by car dependency and its associated suburban sprawl, shit public transport, and unwalkable neighbourhoods.

  • FireRetardant@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I don’t think it is ridiculous that an older person should move to have their needs met. That is pretty much the entire point of retirement homes and communities, they are more centered around the needs of seniors. You also hear people talk about “this will be ny retirement home” which is often a much smaller place than they would have had before.

    I won’t deny there are many other costs related to moving and the whole retirement home business has been getting exploitative but historically moving was actually a really good solution to her issues.