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You can’t lump all old people into one bag (“Seniors’ competency behind the wheel a judgment call,” View, Jan. 17). Just because one old person or even a hundred old people throughout the country causes an accident doesn’t mean all old people are unsafe drivers. What needs to be done is the Department of Transportation needs to put out statistics of who causes the most accidents. Is it old folks? Is it teenagers? Is it young adults?

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