Driver's License Expiring

[Delta Expatriate]

Just renewed my Drivers license on my 72d birthday, for another eight years. In Mississippi, we now have the option of choosing eight years, rather than four years. It is such a time-consuming process to renew, that I choose the eight year option. A few years ago, a member of my mens' group, that meets at my church, renewed for eight years when he was around ninety, and told the clerk who processed his renewal that he planned to see them again in eight years. He didn't make it another eight years, but I admire his spirit and optimism. By the same reasoning, I admire CrazyPhil for his rational and caring decision. If I make it that long, I hope I could do the right thing.

 

[MG34/bar]

Happy birthday Phil. Also have a birthday this month (turning 80) and I just renewed my license last month. It’s good for 4 years (people under 75 can get them for 8 years) but I don’t know if this one will be my last one. Driving is OK during the day, but lass so after dark.
I seem to remember that you recently lost your wife, but thankfully I still have mine (along with children, grand-children and great grand-children) and, like many other older folks, I will depend on mine to let me know when my cheese has sufficiently slid off my cracker that I should stop driving. Have already had to stop motorcycle riding, and I miss it a lot. Hope that you have some help getting around without being a driver.

 

[Ron In MD]

It's nice that you are cognitive enough to know when it's time to call it quits, before anything serious happens.
I'm a bit younger and have often thought the same.

 

[smitholdtimer]

You are in the minority............

As you have exhibited some very good sense for a senior who has been driving for many years yet willing to admit that you are not as good as you once were. My hope is to be able to exhibit the same good sense when I reach that time in life, as we all know, age is not always the determining factor, I salute you Sir!

 

[twodog max]

Better to bow out on your own initiative than to put relatives in the position
of taking it away. The family had to take my maternal grandfathers away and it rough for all. He was a retired state trooper and a very careful driver but he just did not realize how his skills had diminished.

 

[DUSTYDOGDAN]

If it feels right to you it is time. I hope I have the wisdom to do it when it is time. Heck I just hope I make it that old. I am only 56 and love to drive. In my case it will be giving up the street motorcycle when it is time.

 

[BSA1]

I appreciate your decision. I wish my 92 year old Dad would give up his drivers license. He has dementia and no business driving anymore and threatens to drive if someone doesn’t take him where he wants to go right now.

 

[bigwheelzip]

I appreciate your decision. I wish my 92 year old Dad would give up his drivers license. He has dementia and no business driving anymore and threatens to drive if someone doesn’t take him where he wants to go right now.

Perhaps your father's state has a retesting program. NY does, and I anonymously reported my mom. They took her license immediately after the road test. Told her she could have it back again if she passed.

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[Pig Hunter]

Happy Birthday Phil good to have you back posting. Your self awareness of your interaction with your environment is to be applauded. I went through Adak on my way out to Shemya. Whole different world up there. Bears flying over was interesting.

 

[Kenna]

My dad turned 92 this December, he had a medical issue which required hospitalization, I had Doctors tell him he couldnt drive anymore. Less pain on his and my part!! Happy Birthday.

 

[Igiveup]

Well, Phil, it is a hard decision. My mother never drove a day in her life, but when she moved in with us, my wife took her to DMV and she got an ID that looked similar to a drivers license, and it came in handy thru her remaining years. Insurance and auto expenses can be saved as one of the benefits, but then to just have a license for "just in case" might not be bad either. Miss your holster posts and happy birthday on Saturday.

 

[Dougaz]

Happy Birthday!!

Hello Phil,

First and foremost, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you! I'm only 70 and make (ask?) Mrs. Doug to drive whenever I can. Metro Phoenix is like driving is LA and I really wonder if I have the skills anymore

Thanks for reading

 

[vt_shooter]

Crazyphil, you're not so crazy after-all! Here's a funny story. (or perhaps not so funny). My father drove until the very end, until he was 84. One day he told story, he was perhaps 82 or 83, saying he couldn't believe how rude people had become, that every time he went out driving his car someone would flip him off. I shudder to think what he was doing that lead to all those flip offs.

 

[sophie]

Some time back I made that same decision.

The only thing I had to get acclimated to was wearing a pillow case while Ruthie drives.

I had to laugh when I seen that because it so true at my house too and has been for a long time, and my wife is a good driver.

If I was crazyphil I would go ahead and renew the drivers license like others before me have mentioned, just to have the picture identification. You never know.

 

[jeffrefrig]

Well, heck, Happy Birthday! So sad about giving up your driving, but I think up above it says "you know you." It reminded me of my dad's last time behind the wheel. He had a real nicely-loaded Crown Vic Ford. He put it in R instead of D and demolished his car and one end of a concrete block building. Nobody got hurt, thank God. When he came to the realization that he could no longer drive before he hurt someone, I went home & cried almost as much as when he passed away. But, we still had some time together, maybe 15 +/- a couple years. He left early, just a couple months shy of 81 years old.
Again, Happy Birthday, and many more to come, God willing & the creek don't rise!
P.S. I found a couple homes for the holsters I got from you! NEED MORE GUNS!!!
Jeff T.

 

[CH4]

If you can pass the test, I’d get your DL.; just cause you have it, doesn’t mean you have to drive. You’re gonna need a picture ID anyway.

 

[chief38]

Happy Birthday!! Wether you actually drive much any longer or not, I would say renew your license - if only for emergency purposes.

 

[Breakaway500]

Last time at the RMV while waiting my turn to renew my CDL I overheard the teller coaching the old guy at the window during the eye exam.Try again she kept exclaiming. When it came my turn I asked if she thought it was a good idea to be coaching people through the exam, as the RMV tests are the last hope of keeping non capable people from driving.. She looked me straight in the eyes and stated "Would you like to speak to my director?" If looks could kill i'd be dead. "No maam..just here to renew my license and get the Hell outta here". Every time I leave the house behind the wheel I remind myself of that day..

 

[Imissedagain]

If your drivers license expires, you can/should no longer drive without renewing it.
But, is it still a valid ID for other things?

Was asked that question recently.
Advised them to use their Passport.

 

[Tom S.]

I will always renew my license, whether I choose to continue driving or not. It's by far the most accepted form of identification and as other's have pointed out, you never know when you might need to drive for an emergency.