There’s got to be more to this than meets the eye, but any two-bit rag which can’t find anything better to do than use the freedom of information (FOI) act to stir up the dirt and wave away anything it doesn’t know for certain won’t be worried about that!
Apparently, the oldest driver to take their test in Sussex last year was 91. More than 500 over 50 took it (big deal), and 13 of these were over the age of 71.
No further information is known – where they lived or if they passed or not (though it is obvious The Argus asked this, as the DSA refused to provide the information under data protection laws).
This non-story is made even more laughable by the revelation that the same number of people over 71 took tests in the preceding three years. This makes it all the more difficult to work out precisely what point the rag is making.
There’s some idle speculation from a driving instructor that the motivation must have come from having been driven around by someone else (what?), and the usual “contact scumbag@rag.co.uk if you know the silver learner driver” at the end – I’m sure these local newspapers use templates instead of writing for themselves: this is identical across at least four or them over the last couple of months. Even the morons who leave comments seem to come from the same herd.
Back to the topic: I seem to be the only one who is honest enough to admit that he shudders when he thinks of a 91-year old being allowed loose on the roads.