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Should Society Protect Old People From Themselves?
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"The pilots were an 80-year-old Caboolture man and a 77-year-old Glenwood man. Police Inspector Brad Inskip said the two men were in two separate aircraft — a glider and ultralight. "We will be looking into the possibility that there was a collision mid-air."
From all reports this tragedy was down to pilot error, and could have easily been avoided. Both pilots were very experienced, what may be of concern is their mental and physical capacity due to old age.
The question is should old people holding licences such as car, boat, aircraft, gun etc be more carefully scrutinised as to their mental and physical capacity to engage in certain dangerous activities. Should society do more to protect old people from themselves? That is a fair question.