[lngarner]

If you are handicapped you can't drive. If you have Alzheimers you shouldn't be driving. Any physical or mental reason -- i.e. sickness -- that makes it unsafe to drive removes your independence in the event you are solely dependent on cars to get from place to place.

[josephcsible]

Don't most people use the word "sick" to refer to things like the common cold, COVID, influenza, etc., not things like paralysis and Alzheimer's?

And if you can't drive, how do trains or buses make you any more independent than taxis and rideshares do?