Getting ready to take my dad in for a vision evaluation. He went to the doctor on Monday and they expressed concern that at 90 he is still driving. They sent him for evaluation, which I set up for today. He is majorly pissed. I'm trying to settle him down.
It's not that you've had accidents, dad, but what if you had an episode or a second of inattention and due to it caused someone else harm, or even killed them? He's come to terms (and so have I) with dying in a car accident (I'm surprised every time he comes home). I can't get him to stop driving, and he won't let me drive him (although he has shown some changes on this front lately). So, I'm wondering what is going to happen.
Taking him now.
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The evaluation went off fine. A lot of questions on the form. I'm not sure why they were asking him about his alcohol consumption, which he lied about btw, but maybe it makes a difference in the case of prescription drugs or something else, but he went for eyesight issues.
So, 90 years old. We filled out the forms. Sent them into the state. Not sure what to think at this point.
90 years old. Won't let me drive. Seriously. He acts like I'm some kind of road danger - and I've never had an accident. He makes comments to friends about how I'd "kill him". Strange, eh? He's really about 90% ok, but it's the 10% that's going to end up hurting him. I can only hope that he doesn't hurt someone else.I try to get him to understand this but it is pointless now. He'll have to have an incident before he stops laughing at the idea of putting up his driver's license.
