My father has never been a great driver, and over the past 7 years, has not made great decisions while driving, but thankfully no one was hurt. He had a major fall last year and was in the hospital/rehab for months, and has not driven in over a year. He recently wants to get back to driving, but I am very concerned it is not a good idea. He says it is not fair for me to tell him what to do, but I can't get him to see that he shouldn't be driving. Am I being unreasonable?
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Then you hide his keys and disable the car. If you can, take the car to a relatives house. Out of site, out of mind.
My Dad was a stubborn man but I saw more and more him allowing Mom to drive when they went out.
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I had neighbors once, 2 elderly sisters who lived together. One had a valid drivers license but had gone legally blind, the other sister didn’t drive. So sister 1 would drive the car and sister 2 would give her directions! Still makes my blood run cold to think of them on the road.
Besides what damage he could do to himself, think of the lives he could impact by driving!! When my mom could no longer see over the dashboard she lost the 'privilege' of driving.
Im not sure if they are all like this, but mom's instructor said they reported to DMV