VIEWPOINT
Jenni Murray
It's natural to be nervous on the road, muses our columnist, especially when you consider the behaviour of other drivers
t started as spring began to turn to summer. I was nervous behind the wheel for the first time ever. My friend Sally and I had booked dinner for 8pm at our favourite restaurant. Sally and I are drivers. She's 74 and I was about to become 73 on the night in question, and we had no qualms about setting off and crossing London. Me from the north, her from the south and meeting somewhere in the middle.
We've travelled all over the country together for years. We've always felt safe. We checked our eyesight and speed of reactions when licence renewal was demanded by the DVLA as we hit our seventies. No problems to report.