Is Centenarian Driving Real?... 103-Year-Old Italian Woman Publicly Identified for Traffic Violation

License Already Expired 2 Years Ago

A 103-year-old woman in Italy was caught by the police for driving dangerously with an expired driver's license and was fined.

On the 14th (local time), the British daily The Guardian reported that a 103-year-old woman was fined after being caught driving near the center of a village in Ferrara, Italy, with an expired license.

At the time, the police responded to a report of a vehicle driving dangerously. The responding officers were very surprised when they learned the driver's birth year. The driver was 103-year-old Josefina Molinari, born in 1920. The police speculated that Josefina lost her sense of direction and got lost while driving to meet her friends.

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Josefina's driver's license had already expired two years ago. In Italy, drivers aged 80 and over must undergo a health check every two years to renew their licenses. Ultimately, Josefina was fined. Through the local newspaper La Nuova Ferrara, Josefina said, "I will buy a Vespa (Italian scooter brand)." She plans to ride a bicycle to meet her friends until she buys the scooter.

Meanwhile, traffic accidents caused by elderly drivers are also becoming a problem domestically. Due to population aging, the number of elderly people aged 65 and over holding driver's licenses increased by about 42% over the past five years, from approximately 3,337,200 in 2019 to about 4,747,400 in 2023. The number of traffic accidents caused by elderly drivers also steadily increased, with about 31,100 cases in 2020, about 31,800 cases in 2021, and about 34,700 cases in 2022.

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