The digital 'disruptor', Uber - the taxi industry's arch enemy - is actively recruiting older drivers in the United States in an effort to tap into the steadily growing 50+ workforce.  Meanwhile in Australia, we are still having regular hot-button debates in the media about the number of 'road fatalities' among 49 to 85 year olds and discussing slapping age limits, specialised vehicle monitoring technology and even a new system of 'S' plates onto drivers after they hit 70.

These discussions are not only openly and unequivocably ageist (driving competance is driving competance, regardless of age or gender or anything else for that matter), but their facts and figures frequently just don't add up. I've checked!  What's more, for all the dire concerns expressed in the media last month by Assistant Commissioner of Police in NSW, John Hartley, a presentation he recently made to police officers of the key challenges for the traffic and highways arm of the force doesn't even mention older drivers!

Why are 'older drivers' such an unfair target for road safety regulators?

Read more - http://frankandearnest.net.au/should-there-be-an-age-limit-on-drivers/.