My wife has epilepsy, she has never held a licence....it's a pain in the arse, but a neccesity....especially for others.
She sometimes has a rant because of the general state of folk on the roads these days & to be fair i've let her drive my car up the airfield and she's is a pretty switched on driver.......(she's an even better back seat driver which does my head in but it's only because she observes general roadcraft when she's out with me and i'm only too happy to tell her all the bits n bobs of driving where i can).
She sometimes says to me via frustration "id be fine driving....look at the state of these fuckers..... if i felt bad i just would t drive".....& i try to explain that once you're commited to being a driver it is very difficult to turn away.......people will kid themselves that they are ok to drive.....why?.....because modern life is harsh and critical and we're alll in a rush.....& people that are impaired are not gonna say "actually i dont feel fit tight now" because they will already be commited......it's a big problem.....theres no real support fo the person who relies solely on transport for everything else in their life.....their livelyhood, house, kids etc.......just doctors and police with matter of fact answers or advice but no support structure outwith.
But i think that the medical conditions are the least of our worries.....it's the old farts that are the real danger.......focccccccin ell........probably half of them were never good drivers to start with...before they grew old, frail, disabled, disturbed, inept, delirious, blind, deaf , overly entitled and more stubborn than they ever were in their youth.....these are the danger.....again being shafted by society because they know fine well that they will get screwed over by the system if they just volunteer their licence away......these folk are our enemies on the roads and probably popping more pills than the average illegal raver scaffolder.
Old story of causing many accidents whilst being involved in few.