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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Lifestyle
Steve Lopez

Column: Who's more dangerous behind the wheel — drivers 70 and older, or 30 and younger?

When you're 40, 70 seems old. When you get there, not so much, and I'm closing in fast.

So when a reader complained that since Jan. 1, California drivers 70 and older have had to take a written test and an eye exam at a Department of Motor Vehicles office to get their licenses renewed, it got my attention.

Frank, who lives in North Hills, called it blatant age discrimination. Speaking of which, Frank asked me not to use his last name because, as an entertainment writer, he fears that revealing his age will work against him.

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