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this post was submitted on 22 Mar 2026
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Your ability to evaluate yourself often degrades with age. It is the state's responsibility to independently verify that the drivers they license are capable of driving safely.
If prison is for rehabilitation and not punishment, are you suggesting we rehabilitate this woman for being elderly?
Nope, not buying it. Just this year my mother admitted she shouldn't be driving at night anymore. Plenty others know they don't have the ability anymore, and too many are stubborn.
Wow, nice personal anecdote. It must be true, then. Let's just ignore all medical evidence because you think it's not true.
People age differently, and many people experience cognitive decline that impairs their decision-making, resulting in overestimation of their current, now-degraded abilities.
Reading comprehension is a thing
And so a great reason they should be held accountable for their actions then. They overestimated and estimated wrong. A family is dead because this woman overestimated her abilities.
Prison can be both for rehabilitation and punishment. It should serve as a deterrent for other would-be criminals in addition to rehabilitating the people who are incarcerated.
At the very least the defendant shouldn't ever operate a motor vehicle for the rest of their life. The 3-year license suspension seems far too light (though could be a maximum for whatever the final charges were).
Hopefully the family will be able to seek financial restitution.