In the UK a driver over 70 causing a motor accident to which the Police have been caused is likely to have to to attend court in order that their ability to continue driving can be assessed. Most of the time they are not given the option to plead guilty and get fined and/or points on their license. I dealt with these cases regularly as a motor injury claims negotiator, arranging for legal representation for these peole. Most of the time the solicitor would try and persuade the driver to voluntarily give up the license and accept that they were no longer fit to drive. The company I worked for tailored motor policies for the over 60s, and made a modest profit from the motor account. We wouldn't touch drivers under 25 - that group was considered too risky - and some of the worse cases I had to deal with were caused by young drivers, who then tried to put the blame onto our Insured.

Any one of us could be the cause of a fatal accident. Driving when tired, losing attention because World War Three has broken out between your kids in the back seat and just plain old carelessness can make killers of us all.