Advice Needed...

[Stewie]

Call the police and ask them to talk to him. If an officer decides that a driver should have his license revoked, the registry acts a lot quicker than they will if you ask. If you are friends with a police officer, ask him for advice. We are going through this with my mother in law. It doesn't really matter if she has a license or not, as she drives anyways. Maybe you should call the garage and ask them to be unable to locate the parts to repair his truck. As long as they have it, he can't drive.

[spinncognito]

Thanks for all the input. We got lucky in that he bent the frame during his ride-on-the-rim to the shop, so it is totaled. That is the good news, the bad news is that as I was talking to his mechanic, Dad pulled up in his wifes car, her in the passenger seat. Seems she has decided to "let him drive" on a limited basis "for now". I am sure that this is her giving in to him and not having to deal with the outrage he has already and will continue to display if we even talk about him not driving.

Now we are faced with convincing her and him that something has to change....

Time to talk to my police friends.

[Stewie]

As a diabetic myself, I'd be more worried about his stumbling with words or remembering his story. This could well be from him being low blood sugar. If he is taking insulin(type 1 diabetic) and forgets to eat, he could temporarily lose his ability to think(ask my friends)

When this happens, the temporarily brainless Dad may still try to drive. I check my sugars before I drive if I feel even a little low.

[Raven]

well you want to avoid a court situation completely
where he almost ended up driving the wrong way
the other day.....

that would be a heck of allot worse than simply loosing
his privileged to operate a motor vehicle with lawyers
and the stress of it all

You don't want to agitate him into a coronary due
to the stress of loosing his independence either.

just remember that

Brain cells communicate great with sufficient 02
and begin to suffer for the lack of it...
there are many wonderful Brain restore products
on the health market that you can try.

Anything with Kelp works wonders...+ ginko biloba
his iron levels have to be adequate to "capture" the 02
for his blood to circulate it to the brain
brewers yeast improves brain cell communication too.

after age 40 we begin to deliver less oxygen to the brain
and "memory especially" begins to suffer...