{"id":18281,"date":"2026-05-31T18:55:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T18:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=18281"},"modified":"2026-05-31T18:55:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T18:55:20","slug":"sad-news-for-drivers-over-70-they-will-soon-no-longer-be-able-to-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=18281","title":{"rendered":"Sad news for drivers over 70, they will soon no longer be able to\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Older drivers are not automatically unsafe, but age-related changes can affect driving ability. A recent crash in France involving an 83-year-old has renewed debate on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike some countries, France has no mandatory age limit or retesting for driving licenses. Experts instead recommend voluntary medical checks and refresher courses.<\/p>\n<p>The focus is shifting toward support and assessment rather than strict age cutoffs to keep roads safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Older drivers are not automatically unsafe, but age-related changes can affect driving ability. A recent crash in France involving an 83-year-old has renewed debate on <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=18281\" title=\"Sad news for drivers over 70, they will soon no longer be able to\u2026\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18282,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18283,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18281\/revisions\/18283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}