[6ZeroZeroR]

EDIT: I am not trying to insult all persons with gray hair, but I guess that is what it sounds like. I simply mean to see it as a flag for the possibility of a driver that may be beyond their ability to drive safely due to physical impediments. Damn, this is just sounding worse. Please do not be offended as I mean no harm. I'm only trying to warn riders of the circumstances of my near miss today. We all know the majority of older, more experienced(OK, now I'm grabbing for brownie points) riders are excellent riders. We also realize that some older drivers are too stubborn to know when to quit.

I went for a ride on my RED bike wearing my RED/white/black jacket this morning and pulled up behind a white Ford Crown Victoria--I'll leave the whole political affiliation aspect out of this--at a red light. I decided to stay behind the car b/c I wanted to go for a slow cruise. Perfect. I'm cruisin' along well behind the car and I notice the man driving is fairly old. So when traffic clears in the left lane I pull to the left slowly and I'm cruising where I can see the driver's face in his left side mirror. Since I'm going to turn left at the approaching intersection I start to accelerate in case the older gentleman ahead of me decides to do the same. After riding behind him in plain sight for a couple miles, I pull forward and as I do he drifts into my lane and forces me into the center turning lane(between the two sets of yellow center lanes). I lay on the horn right beside his door and he doesn't acknowledge me. I pull ahead and keep my eye on him in the mirror and he acts like nothing happened. For whatever reason, he should not be driving.

EDIT II: I believe a good solution to this would be mandatory testing when a person reaches the age of 65. Then tested every 7 years onward.