My grandfather, at the ripe old age of 92, still drives. As a family, we
feel that this activity is no longer safe (for him, his wife or innocent
pedestrians) and want to stop him driving. Our feelings are based on two
separate events recently where we have seen him lose his motor and speech
skills for 2-3 minutes. If this were to happen whilst he was driving, the
potential consequences do not bear thinking about.
His GP visited him and, I suspect, had the wool pulled over his eyes by my
grandfather. Not to put too fine a point on it, I think he lied to the GP
who then gave him a clean bill of health.
My question is this. Once I'm able to speak to the GP in question, and
assuming that he agrees with me that the event that I saw makes driving a
non-starter, does the GP have the power to *insist* that my grandfather can
no longer drive? Having the GP behind our family position would be helpful
as my grandfather is quite the most stubborn man on this earth.
Mike
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Mike Carey, Business Development Director
Eunetics Ltd, www.eunetics.co.uk
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