[cherry]

"Older drivers aren't the only drivers who pose a threat to public safety"

true, just the least regulated of any group....the group destined to pay the cheapest insurance rates and get away with saying that they "fell ill" when they crash the car...

[Imal]

Well, to be fair, the actuarial tables used by insurance companies to determine the rates they charge are based on assessed statistical risks derived from decades of accident reports.

Based on that measure, older drivers are indeed safer than most other categories of drivers. Interestingly enough, so are women and drivers who are married.

I'm not sure that makes a convincing case for yanking licenses from older drivers, though.