{"id":17233,"date":"2021-02-15T16:32:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T15:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=17233"},"modified":"2021-02-19T09:51:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T08:51:06","slug":"elderly-hand-over-their-keys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2021\/02\/elderly-hand-over-their-keys\/","title":{"rendered":"Right Time for Elderly To Hand Over Their Keys"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Driving helps people in their senior years stay mobile and independent. However, the risk of being injured or killed in a motor vehicle crash increases as people age. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An article in the New England Journal of Medicine argues that &#8220;retirement from driving threatens one&#8217;s health and wellness.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video to know more about it and be able to answer the questions that follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"When is the right time for elderly drivers to hand over their keys?\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5_kKgFW81c4?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In your own personal view,  are the elderly drivers still capable of driving? 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