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Take Online Travel Reviews With Grain Of Salt


The London Times recently reported that many glowing reviews about airlines, hotels, cruises and other travel destinations, are phony. Showing up on the web as authentic experiences from individual travelers, the reviews entice people to patronize the allegedly wonderful product. In one example, researchers found that false reviewers posted hundreds of highly favorable letters under different names to promote a poor quality, overpriced hotel.

Seniors planning trips do best by researching options personally, as well as by asking a trusted travel agent to recommend hotels, cruise lines and other options. If the agent values you as a customer, your chances of suffering a bad travel experience are considerably less.
Should There Be a Maximum Age Limit For U.S. Drivers? PDF Print E-mail
With nothing better to do, lawmakers in some states want to force people to give up their drivers’ licenses at age 80. They claim those seniors all have diminished eyesight and their slowed-down reactions make them dangers on the road.

Hey, I'm over 80 and still drive every day. I don’t drive as fast as I did 60 years ago, but I'm still safe and responsible at the wheel. There are drivers in their 90s I'd much rather share the road with than any drunk-as-a-skunk 18-year-old speeding to disaster. I know, because I was once one of those teenagers. Weren’t we all! I was lucky I didn't kill myself or anyone else by my booze-impaired driving.

It is totally unfair to set some kind of an arbitrary age limit where seniors are automatically banned from driving. Just as most teenage drivers obey all the laws and drive responsibly, the great majority of seniors on the road are at least as safe.

Although there should be no age limit for drivers, I certainly agree there should be more frequent driving tests for seniors. I'd recommend them every two years from age 60 to 70, and annually from age 71.

Each person in those age groups should be examined by physicians for eyesight, reaction times and other driving-related physical conditions. They should also be required to go out on the road or test track with instructors and be judged under all driving situations.
 
 
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