Scottish judge calls for compulsory tests for over-80 drivers after fatal crash
by Severin Carrell Scotland editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6RNEJ)
Edith Duncan, who was 91 and had dementia, held full licence at time of Edinburgh crash that killed three-year-old
A Scottish judge has called for compulsory testing of all motorists over 80 years of age as a matter of priority" after an elderly driver with dementia killed a toddler in Edinburgh.
The sheriff principal Nigel Ross said Edith Duncan, who was 91 at the time, should not have been allowed to drive because she had undiagnosed but significant cognitive impairment from dementia, yet legally held a full driving licence.
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