One can understand the mother whose child was injured by an elderly driver calling for the retesting of drivers over 70 but would this necessarily improve overall road safety?

Drivers do not suddenly become more dangerous on attaining a certain age.

Indeed, the cavalier attitude of many younger drivers begs the question as to how they ever got a licence in the first place, if in fact they did.

Statistics prove speeding is a factor in many accidents and the elderly driver is more likely to be seen at the head of a long line of slow-moving traffic which, admittedly, can cause the more impatient drivers to take chances by overtaking.

Furthermore, before we start withdrawing licences from the elderly we must consider the fact their cars may be their lifeline and without them they would be stranded.

With the retirement age about to be increased to 70, this can no longer be deemed too old to drive.

A bad driver is a bad driver, whatever age and it is these people we must ban from our roads?

-Chris Dunford, Brighton