Driving and old people
Are the medical requirements really that stringent for a class two medical? I'm below 40 so my medical lasts 5 years. Fortunately the only issue I've faced over nearly 20 years of flying is a need to wear glasses. Of course there is a need to ensure that pilots (at any level) have some form of medical to ensure we're fit enough to control our whirling knives, after all, we can't just pull over in the event of an emergency at X,000 feet.
It would be a physical (and political) impossibility to impose medicals for driving, however for our elderly drivers in the UK, we just ask them via a letter in the post if they are fit enough to continue driving… if they tick yes, then they continue driving, regardless of whether they are physically/mentally capable. I'm not sure that system works after a certain 95 year old gentleman and his doddery old wife who crashed into my car before continuing to crash down a hill (didn't think to stop).
CF