My grandfather is now 80 and still driving. He is a truly horrific driver, and seems to be completely terrified driving. I remember him driving me to school six or seven years ago and enduring a terrifying, white knuckle ride - on the M1, he refused to go above 40 miles an hour in rush hour and we nearly missed the exit because he refused to change lanes for it. Since then, he's only got worse. Last year, driving home from my parents at Christmas, he ended up 50 miles in the other direction - he claims he was ill... I claim it was the whole bottle of red wine.
He is also becoming very reckless in his old age - he thinks it's perfectly acceptable to drink a whole bottle of red wine or several pints with dinner, then drive home. I've challenged him on this before - he completely ignores me and says he's fine. My grandmother doesn't drive and he's absolutely convinced he'd a perfectly good driver. The rest of the same generation in the family find it hilarious about his drink driving and he won't listen to my parents.
He also keeps developing numerous medical issues and seems constantly to be on antibiotics or medication which I'm sure isn't helping. But even without, I would refuse to get in a car with him. We have talked about needing to get a minibus for him and the family to take him to our wedding as he will drink all day then drive home and I genuinely have visions of him totalling the car and killing people on the way home.
Is there anything we can do?! He simply will not listen and completely pooh-poohs any suggestions he should drink less / not drive. It's come to the point where my dad is trying to convince them to let him collect them prior to family engagements because we all know about the driving / drinking issues. He still doesn't listen...