I guess I'm a youngster at only 60, but I can not believe the selfish attitudes some of you have. The "nobody can tell me what to do" attitude. IF your child approaches you with love and respect, and has your best interest at heart, you should seriously listen to them. They may see something you don't. Maybe they saw you drive poorly and are worried for that reason. Maybe they saw you almost fall. I do agree we all age differently so you can't put a hard and fast age on when to quit driving/traveling.
I often see some older person driving their RV poorly. Please be honest with yourself if your driving is not as good as it should be. Just because you have no accidents does not mean you drive well. Many people can drive poorly for several years after they should have stopped before they have an accident. What if, in your attempt to get in that last 6 months of traveling, your bad driving causes an accident that kills a young couple in their 30s and their 3 small children. How would your children then feel if they had seen issues but didn't try to let you know your driving was bad??
Look at your children's motives. If they have nothing to gain by asking you to stop, please consider what they say. This is probably the same advice YOU would have given someone 20-30 years ago. Most hate to look at or admit to our own mortality. If you are making a decision that can only hurt you, then it is yours alone to make. If you are making a decision that can hurt or kill others, then other people may have a right to be involved. The states would do a better job of testing us drivers as we age in a perfect world. In this imperfect world, many would scream age discrimination at this increased testing.
Driving is not an inherent "right", it is a privelidge the states have every right to regulate in the interest of public safety. OK - I'm off my soap box now. I'm not trying to offend, just trying to make my point.
