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100-year-old arrested for driving without license: ‘Driving is the key to longevity’
A 100-year-old-man was arrested Saturday in Sendai, Miyage Prefecture for driving without a driver’s license, the Asahi Shimbun reports. The suspect told police “I need the car, and driving has been my secret to longevity and to keeping senility away,” but also expressed regret, “I won’t do it again.“
According to the police’s investigation, the man was driving on a municipal road in Sendai’s Aoba Ward at around 3.15 p.m. when his car touched an elementary school student’s umbrella. A police man patroling the area heard the circumstances from the kid and arrested the 100-year-old.
The police took the man’s age into consideration and later released him.
The 100-year-old man lost his driver’s license in October this year over a hit-and-run in August. The man is also suspected of having caused damage to a private parking lot in November, again leaving the scene without notifying anybody.
Starting in 2009, drivers over age 75 in Japan will be required to get checkups for dementia when they renew their licences, according to a Kyodo News report.
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if they are caught driving under the speed limet three times in a row or following the center line their licence should be revoked.long as they can keep up with everyone else they should be allowed to drive