AIBU to think that driving at 97 is a tad unreasonable?

The unpleasant thing here is the RF are as is normal putting out PR statements about a new car for the Duke - for gods sake who cares. Do they not realise how distasteful this appears when three people were nearly killed simply because the DoE was doing what he "wanted" to do, as he always does.

What an unpleasant tone the most recent posts are displaying.

iPads! “Incompetence” on this occasion.

I have never been terribly anti-Royal , finding them on the whole decorative relatively harmless and their history interesting, but the RF PR at the moment is doing them no favours at all.
The Dof E’s pig headed stubbornness plus his fallibility or I compete on this occasion nearly cost the lives of a young mum, her mum and a baby.
I think they need more than the smooth tongue of a Tony Blair figure (The Queen) to pull back from this.
So far the lack of remorse, any sort of recompense and a commitment to a more sensible course of action in future are conspicuous by their absence ??

But we all know don’t we Maw that the RF only give a shit about their own precious children and not those of the plebs - I bet he’s never allowed to drive them and hasn’t been for a long time.

or like some old fools I have seen round here , with his Grandson on his lap "driving"

What if that had been Prince Louis in the back?
Kate would have had his guts for garters!

Might be a gesture if they also delivered a new Kia Carens to the other driver!
And a personal, sincere apology admitting all blame

(What sort of person lives a 10 minute drive away from his wife anyway? Answers on a postcard)

The news on the radio heard just now of a replacement car being delivered to Sandringham ( apparently from Balmoral) is just about the biggest ‘fuck you’ statement the RF could make at the moment isn’t it?

loopy the only PR that will be evident in this saga will be the well oiled Palace machine releasing statements about how he’s sent wishes to the women.

My brother who was 82 at the time was starting to deteriorate cognitively so I wrote to the DVLA. Eventually he had an assessment and was told he could no longer drive.
From a pr point of view, he should send his licence back to the DVLA.

www.nhs.uk/conditions/broken-arm-or-wrist/

I love the idea that a broken wrist is a minor injury - especially with a baby to look after. Will his insurance pay for child care and a housekeeper for her until she’s fully fit and physio because the NHS wait may well be on too long? Oh and a chauffeur because she won’t be driving.

Are we absolutely certain that the DoE would be competent to take The Queen, or Prince George for a spin on local
public roads? If we are not 100 percent confident, but still believe
he should have the right to drive, we
would leave him free to risk, not only his own life, but the lives of those unfortunate enough to share the road with him.

After all these years of driving he has had an accident and thank goodness no-one was seriously injured.

How many young boy racers or in-a-hurry 40/50 something executives are involved in accidents?

If someone is fit then I see no reason why they should not still drive; however, the question is whether or not we should have to undertake a fitness examination.

And as for eyesight testing - asking someone when they take their test if they can see a vehicle registration at so many yards is fine - but what happens if eyesight deteriorates?

Niobe, I had cataracts on both eyes but still passed the test to drive, providing I had my specs replaced every six months as one of them was changing quickly. I had both replaced with lenses last year and no longer need specs to drive. I'm also confident about driving at night again because I no longer have the glare caused by cataracts.
Just having cataracts alone shouldn't stop anyone driving, till they reach the point where passing the eye test arrives. I was reaching that point in one eye so had the cataract done. I'm sure the royals get the best of medical attention and aren't languishing on NHS waiting lists. I was lucky. Because my ops were said to be complex I was referred to our Eye Hospital. Their waiting lists were such, I was referred to private provider. Brilliant service.

My dad got quite dangerous and the rest of the family pussyfooted about it, I took out the spark plugs and when my mum said it was sad and he should be able to be independent I said I will go with her to the funeral of the child he runs over, only then did she listen to me.

I wonder what the conversation was like when he arrived home and had a cup of tea with the Queen!

I agree with Deedaa the sun was low and very bright yesterday. It made me realise on the way home from the shops how filthy my car windscreen was inside and out, so when I got home, despite the cold, I wrapped up well, got a bucket of soapy water and cleaned the car, inside and out. What a difference!

Niobe - a quote from the governement website 'You don’t need to tell DVLA if you have, or have had, cataracts and you still meet the visual standards for driving.'

I heard that too Bluebelle on LBC. Incredible but great radio

Yes he’s too old and no excuses he could have a police protection officer drive him anytime.

Selfish old fool. Sad it’s taken other people to be injured to come to this. Imaging if that baby had died!!

I read that he was dazzled by sun and I had,a lot of problems with the sun myself yesterday. It was very bright and low and I had to stop at several junctions and look several times to be sure the road was clear.

I ve just been listening to a phone in on the radio about this a man rang in to say how difficult it was to stop his father after a hair raising trip with him in which he said himself he aged 20 years he rang DVla to be told there was nothing they could do but send a form He also said many years previous he gave the date but I can’t remeber on a remote road in Scotland the DoE ran him of the road head on Whilst deeply engaged in conversation with Prince Constantine of Greece He said there was only harm done to his car not him but neither DoE or the following minders stopped to see if he was ok

My husband, 75,was told he has an early stage of cataract at his last optician's appointment and has stopped driving. We have no idea if the optician has informed the DVLA or not but we have not had any communication from them.
Doctors and opticians should be obliged to inform the DVLA when any driver has a condition or medication that could affect their driving. Regardless of age.

The figures are meaningless unless you know how many people in the age group are driving. I think a lot of over 70 are sensible enough to stop driving when they reach a certain age and feel their abilities are beginning to reduce. Would Philip admit this I think possibly not. But didn't he retire from public life because of ill health? And wouldn't that affect his driving ability?