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CRAIG DELAHAYE, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF LEGAL OPERATIONS AT NATIONAL ACCIDENT HELPLINE, SPOKE TO GB NEWS AND SAID THAT MANY OLDER MOTORISTS WOULD NOT BE AWARE THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE
DRIVING. 06:44, 28 Oct 2024 Elderly drivers face a new compulsory fitness test before renewing their licence which could see a "whole generation cut off". Craig Delahaye, Associate
Director of Legal Operations at National Accident Helpline, spoke to GB News and said that many older motorists would not be aware that they shouldn't be driving. It comes after an en
elderly woman with undiagnosed dementia who killed a toddler should not have been driving, an inquiry has ruled. Edith Duncan, 91, veered off the road while driving in Edinburgh in June 2020
and hit three-year-old Xander Irvine and his mother Victoria before crashing into a shop. Delahaye added: "Of course, each situation is a case-by-case basis, with precautions that all
drivers, regardless of age can take before getting behind the wheel. However, it would be a shame to see a whole generation cut off from their relied-upon mode of transport, just because of
their age. READ MORE MET OFFICE SAYS SNOW COULD HIT UK WITHIN DAYS AND EXPLAINS WHERE'S SET FOR FLURRIES "Instead of pointing the finger in these situations, we should instead
endeavour to educate and support each other to enable the rules to be understood and the roads to be safer for everyone." Xander died in the city’s Royal Hospital for Sick Children
later the same day from “multiple injuries”. Ms Duncan, who was facing prosecution for the incident, died a year later. Article continues below Under current laws, drivers over the age of 70
must renew their licence every three years and must report to the DVLA if they feel they have any cognitive impairment. Those found to have violated this rule can be fined up to £1,000 and
could face prosecution. Ms Duncan had renewed her driving licence in January 2020 by self-declaring that she had no major memory problems or periods of confusion. But a fatal accident
inquiry has found that at the time of the accident she was “suffering from significantly impaired cognitive ability as a result of frontotemporal dementia, and was unfit to drive or hold a
driving licence”.