Skip and explore
Senior Road Users Hub This is the main logo for the Senior Road Users Hub website.
Navigate to the home page Senior Road Users Hub This is the main logo for the Senior Road Users Hub website.
Bookmarks Take the Senior Road User Quiz
Navigate to the home page Senior Road Users Hub This is the main logo for the Senior Road Users Hub website.

Resources

Looking for something specific? Explore road safety articles relevant to you
  • Health and driving
  • Getting around without a car
  • Driving a safe car
  • Tips for safer driving
  • Retiring from driving
  • Driver stories

Help

  • Frequently asked questions
  • Contact us
Navigate to the home page Senior Road Users Hub This is the main logo for the Senior Road Users Hub website.
  • Home
  • Resources
  • Driver stories
  • Enid

Enid

Driver Stories

Was this article helpful?

You can share or download this resource

Share this resource

Copy the URL above to share this resource.

Previous
Next
A man in his 80's wearing a blue top and a woman in her 80's wearing a white top are seen walking on a bush track

Reg and Lois

"At the moment I think both of us feel quite confident with what we do"

Reg and Lois share their love for walking and seeing more of the world on foot.

- Reg's friend brought him along to church

and I was going with somebody else, but

after a few months I dropped him

and we are married for 62 years.

- When I was a teenager,
I rode to work every day

and I rode from Parkville to Essendon

airport and back every day.

But there was an incentive

because every time I did it I thought I'm

saving money for the car.

- My parents never owned
a car, we never thought

of anything else but having to
walk, I've just kept walking.

We do about two to three km in the morning.

If it's nice in the afternoon

or late afternoon, we might
do another short walk.

- We like going to different
places, getting out,

having a walk, have a look around.

You have a chance to see
things better than when you

go past them in the car.

You know, we are aware
that there's this imminent

end goal, if you like, of
not being able to drive.

But at the moment I think both

of us feel quite
confident with what we do.

I mean, we're very aware of our age

and the fact that it can
impede on our driving skills

and I'm sure Lois is gonna
tell me as soon as I start

to do the wrong thing

and I'll, I mean, I'll be
honest, I'll do the same

to her if I had to too. So.

- Our daughter said the other day, mom,

I've looked at, watched you driving.

You're both okay at the moment

and we will tell you when you're not.

So that's nice to know
that the family are, are

looking and aware that we are getting older.

A man and lady in their 70s holding hands and walking through the green Carlton gardens with the city buildings in the background

Ken and Jeanna

"We share the driving and we feel safe and confident doing so"

Ken and Jeanna share their experience as car buyers and the influence becoming grandparents has had on their decision to buy a new car.

- It's a privilege to have grandchildren

and many grandparents don't
get the chance to be involved

or have close relationships
with their grandchildren.

And we, we, we work very hard at that.

- Our job is to keep fit and
healthy so we can do that.

- You have to be fit and
healthy to follow a 3-year-old.

- Yes. So what what is nice for us is

that we can be independent and we can go

and pick them up, take them into the city.

- We share the driving and we,

we feel safe and confident doing it.

You have to be aware of
the fact that, you know,

driving nowadays is a lot
more pressurised than it was

40 years ago or 10 years ago.

Try to be much more aware of

what other people are gonna do rather

than simply my own driving.

I think that's certainly
with the kids in the car,

that's something I do a lot. Yeah.

- When there was an option of
grandchildren coming along,

we said, oh my goodness,
we better get a good car.

- We were looking for things
like the automatic braking

systems, certainly front

and side airbags, lane sensor, those sort

of things all give you some
sort of confidence that you can

carry on even in a highly pressurised

driving environment.

- I love driving with Ken
because he's a good driver

and as long as I tell him where we're going

and how to get there,
we'll be absolutely fine.

- And I'm very lucky. I've
had somebody telling me how

to drive for 50 years

- And where to park and where not to park.

I am the parking the

- parking assist.

Yeah.

Self reflect on your driving

Take the senior road user quiz and start planning for a future of safe driving.

Get started

Stay informed with our newsletter

Subscribe to our newsletter and receive reminders to re-visit the senior road user quiz

Subscribe

  • Tips for safer driving
  • Health & driving
  • Worried about your own or someone else's driving?
  • Alternatives to driving
  • Car safety
  • Driver stories
  • FAQs
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Privacy policy Terms & Conditions
Privacy policy Terms & Conditions
Senior Road Users Hub This is the main logo for the Senior Road Users Hub website. Transport Accident Commission logo
This website is endorsed by the Transport Accident Commission
Youtube Facebook Instagram X (Twitter) Linkedin
Aboriginal flag Torres Strait Islands flag
The Transport Accident Commission acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the Traditional
Custodians of the land and acknowledges and pays respect to their Elders, past and present.