If you break the law, you should be prepared to accept the consequences, without exception. I'm a retired driving instructor, and for years have advocated a re-test for everyone, after every five or ten years. A driving licence is a privilege, not a right, and we should all treat it as such. In many cases, age is not the problem, apathy, lack of interest in keeping up to date with traffic law/Highway Code, and laziness are far bigger problems. What effort is involved in operating an indicator switch? When I learned to drive, and I suspect many on this forum, it was window open and arm signals, irrespective of weather; how many drivers nowadays indicate their intention of leaving a roundabout? I could go on for a long time about driving standards as you may imagine, but would like to see not only safer driving everywhere, but also a return to the old days of courtesy and consideration, still part of the Highway Code, but rarely practised by a large percentage of the public.
Will now get off my soap-box!
Danny