Should Senior Drivers Be Treated Differently?

This is a sensitive subject for a lot of seniors. They give up so much of their freedoms over time, that the thought of giving up their right to drive can be a big hurdle. Let's face it, as we age, we change. We may not see as well as we used to, and we may not hear as well either. Many of us as we age have slower reaction times-mainly due to our inability to assess situations and react to them quickly enough. In order to have adequate responsiveness, we must have full range of motion in our muscles, and we must be able to interpret what we see and hear and make split second decisions, to prevent driving mishaps or accidents.

I am not what I consider old yet (57), but I know that I cannot see well enough at night to drive, so I stay off the road. As we age, we generally don't process light as well as we used to, causing limited vision at night. My biggest problem with night driving is that I am blinded by the oncoming headlights that causes glare that overtakes my vision of the road. For the safety of others, and myself I voluntarily stay off the road at night.
Should seniors be tested to keep their license?

I don't believe arbitrarily testing seniors is the answer to safe driving, because some people at 60 are unsafe, while others at 80 can still safely drive. It would be discriminatory to make every elderly person retest to prove he/she still has adequate driving skills; however, if a senior demonstrates unsafe practices, such as changing lanes abruptly, or causing some near misses with other vehicles or property, I believe they should be evaluated. Again, I will use my dad for reference; after getting a call from the police department that my dad had knocked over two mailboxes on the side of the road, I asked my dad to surrender his license to the Department of Motor Vehicles. He was fortunate the people who owned the mailboxes didn't press charges against him.

What are the signs of decreased driving ability?