Re: Police in Saanich criticized for not ticketing speeding 100-year-old (News, March 23)
It is disturbing that the 100-year-old driver caught speeding in the school zone was not ticketed, however, I was more shocked and disgusted that the previous story of March 2 (Driver pulls 180 in parking lot bang-up) said the senior in her 90s involved in that incident was also not ticketed. Ironically, the writeup was side by side with another story about an alleged impaired driver who got a 30-day driving prohibition.
We’re hearing more stories of seniors having crashes (such as the 82-year-old driver at the Victoria International Airport who killed one man and injured seven others) that clearly show these senior drivers have lost the ability to operate a vehicle safely.
To continue to drive is irresponsible and, in my opinion, as dangerous as an impaired driver. Maybe it’s time seniors should have to drive with a decal similar to L and N to alert the rest of us to beware.
K. Fischer
North Saanich