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Re:The quiet cost of family caregiving by irrational on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @11:49PM (#32760947)
My grandmother is turning 100 in a few months. She was able to renew her license a few years ago and it doesn’t expire until she is 107. I was truly surprised that she was able to renew it. Not because she is a bad driver (they made her take both the written and driving test) but because I assumed there would be an age cut off.

She still lives on her own, can walk unassisted, volunteers helping old people (which apparently doesn’t include herself), still has a far better memory than I do, etc.

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Re:The quiet cost of family caregiving by aliswe on Thursday September 08, 2022 @12:03AM (#32761050)
what about teslas or Commas self driving tech? Comma even installs in just about any car (truth may vary)
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Re:The quiet cost of family caregiving by gambiting on Thursday September 08, 2022 @03:39AM (#32762497)
What about them? You still need agility and awareness at a very high level to use Tesla's "self driving" tech, the system asks you to take over in difficult situations without any notice - I'd even argue that it's actually worse not better for someone who is old and not fully mobile, as the movements need to be quite rapid to react to the idiotic situations the car gets into by itself.
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