I have sent the following letter to the English local press here and in Spanish about the proposed EU ban from driving of elderly drivers. You may find it useful.

“Spain has had compulsory medicals for some years and very good they are too. It is the way that the UK has to go to filter out the medically/inept drivers of any age, not just over 70s. The column below explains it all as the periods, which are noted on the Spanish driving licences where when medical is due, the licence expires until the medical is satisfied, none of this UK "rubbish" where the driver completes a form saying he is fit (how can anyone trust this in a country where I read there are probably up to a million driving without full documentation, licence, insurance etc?) The medical here has a full eye test, and two Brit expats have emailed in the past worried as they only have one eye (each) but they passed the medical but were restricted to 100 kph maximum. It also has a co-ordination test that is more difficult especially if you are unfit to drive.

"The tests are carried out at local town and village clinics where the Spanish go for checkups and the coordination tests are carried out on a computer screen (older CRT ones) rather like some of the Garden Fete games where a steady hand and eye is needed as well as coordination. Very cheap to set up.”

Frankly I do not like people who complain without offering a viable alternative that will do the job better.