It can be the mother of Cornwall “alive” if the rules of the older driver change

Claire Edi believes that if the bases of the older drivers are different, then her mother will remain here today.

Last summer, Gerald Din Gibson died of 79 -year -old after withdrawing from the upcoming traffic near her home in Cornwal.

Ms. Edi, who said that the regulations for drivers over 70 years old, said, “I did not think I would say that the phrase” my mother was killed in a car accident. “

Currently, there is no maximum age for driving in the UK, with about 500 licensing holders between the ages of 100 and 108.

The government said it is committed to improving road safety.

Mrs. Gibson was trying to cross the A30 in Plusha near Longston to meet a friend when she entered another car.

I heard the investigation that there is nothing else that the other driver, who suffered from minor injuries, could do so.

The national highways told the intersection session changed since then after other incidents, but Mrs. Eddie, from West Sussex, said that the elderly were “a worker at all” in her mother’s accident.

She learned that her mother was struggling to maneuver in advance and had a semi -separate link.

Mrs. Edi said that she believes that arthritis and that previous stroke may also have affected her mother.

“I don’t think my mother would have thought that she needed to stop driving because there are many things that depend on being in a car,” she said.

Drivers bear a legal responsibility to notify the driver and cars licensing authority (DVLA) of the conditions that affect their fitness to drive, but Mrs. Eddie said this is not enough.

“You cannot really rely on the individual to do this … especially if this is her only way of going out,” she added.

She wanted medical professionals to be legally required to notify the authorities and that there be mandatory tests for those over the age of 70 years.

Drivers must renew their 70 -year -old license and every three years after that

• There is no higher limit to the leadership of the UK, with about 500 licensing holders between the ages of 100 and 108
• Drivers bears legal responsibility Self -escalating medical conditions It can affect driving to DVLA
• Insults before Dvla Health professionals in states must inform the agency if the patient is not able to do so or not, but it is not a legal condition

As the population ages have passed in the UK, the number of larger drivers is increasing as well, as licensing holders between the ages of 70 and more than 200,000 a year increased, according to DVLA.

Statistics of the Ministry of Transport indicate that the older drivers constitute about 14 % of all licensing holders, but they represent a quarter of the dead on the roads, and that people over 75 years old and under 25 years of age are seriously killed or hurt in a collision.

“The vast majority of older drivers have a wealth of experience, trust and tolerance,” said Rob of the most older drivers forum.

But he added: “With our age, our relative fragility means that the older drivers are often represented in serious injury collisions, especially for the age of 80 and above.”

Mr. Herd said that the elderly drivers were more likely to collapse due to illness or errors in the ruling, while the incidents involved in the younger drivers were more likely through speed or risk.

He said that he supported mandatory referrals of medical conditions by health specialists and advised family members concerned to encourage the assessments of mature drivers.

The BBC had an exclusive access to a report, which he said that many people were not “familiar with” their legal commitment to inform DVLA of some medical cases, and “health specialists” were hesitant to do so.

Search, ready for Fight physician in AprilLess than 10 % of DVLa notifications by medical professionals and other third parties have shown.

The author of the report, Dr. Carol Holie, a research colleague at Warwick University, said the system needs to be changed.

She said that her research indicates a lack of visual and medical conditions “because there are not many notifications compared to the number of driving licensing holders and the number of people who suffer from these conditions.”

Professor Camilla Huththorne, head of the Royal College of the GPS (GPS), said that the college will welcome a more formal approach “to ensure that any violations necessary for the doctor and patient’s secret to the law and avoiding undermining the patient’s confidence.”

The Association of Optical Specialists and the College of Optical Specialists said that they “strongly support” the introduction of the regular mandatory vision for all drivers and said that the current system is “inappropriate for the purpose.”

In 2023, Jennifer Nias, 90, withdrew to A39 in Devoraan and crashed into a roundabout when she made a mistake in the accelerator pedal for brakes.

She died from her injuries five months later.

Hilary Nias’s sister, Jennifer, said that only “” only “can just see the dashboard and was suffering from problems with spatial awareness.

She said she “feels very strongly” that the change is required.

“It was a tragic end of a really interesting life,” she said, adding that the family has repeatedly warned Jennifer that her leadership was unsafe.

“Who – which [spatial awareness] She said that the necessary test and evaluation … may have been able to avoid my sister’s sister and many others. “

Jennifer applied for a driver’s license to renew it within three years before her accident, and no medical cases were announced.

After achieving it, Emma Helson, the forensic physician in Cornwall, wrote to the Ministry of Transport and DVLA, with a highlight of any “requirements that there is any form of medical examination or an evaluation to confirm physical fitness on driving.”

Mrs. Nias said that she “suffers from depression frankly” through the response, which has not proposed any changes to the current system.

There is A higher percentage of the elderlyP people In the southwest of England of the national average, some see here the leadership as a life line.

In Bodmin, 130 people meet a week in the city hall in a social group related to the age. Some driving to get there.

Rij Harris, 85, said that giving up driving “will completely harden” his lifestyle.

“I will not be able to reach anywhere, and do anything … I will also sit on an arms chair and I can die,” added Alvin Trevenna, 88.

Drivers can refer themselves to evaluate the older driving by Mobilite leadershipY at a cost, but the referrals from DVLA, Police or NHS are free.

The Charitable Society said that more than 10,000 people over the age of 70 in England underwent in 2024 – 0.2 % of drivers in that era.

Safety partnership on local roads The vision is zero southwest He wants more public awareness as well as a more hard -line organization.

She said 176 drivers between the ages of 60 were killed or seriously injured on the Cornwall Road and Devon Street in 2024.

“We want to protect people’s lives because he is completely destroyed when this happens to people and their families,” said President Alison Hernandez.

In response to a question about what can be done to support the older drivers who felt that they have no choice but to continue because public transport often was not good enough in rural areas, Hernandez said her office is planning to manage a campaign “to educate the older drivers about how they could be at their best behind the wheel.”

The BBC government told DVLA analyzing the results of the recent investigations, and from 2023 an invitation to obtain evidence of the legislative framework that governs drivers lying to people with medical conditions.

She said that DVLA will continue to communicate with health care professionals and their organizational bodies to understand whether there are conditions “can be encouraged or supported in notifying DVLA of the patient’s medical condition.”

“NHS recommends adults that their eyes are tested every two years, and drivers must be legally wanted to inform DVLA if they have a situation that affects their ability to drive,” added a spokesman for the Transport Administration.

“We are committed to improving road safety and continuing to explore ways to achieve this.”