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Luckily for me he tried turning left on the highway once, had a close enough call to get badly frightened without any actual damage, and hasn't tried it again. He tootles up and down the road occasionally, mostly to get to the shaded part when he feels like taking a walk. Not much traffic on our unpaved dead-end road, so I'm okay with that. Sooner or later he'll get stuck in the sand, have to call me for a tow out, and I hope that will be the end of it.
Yes, you may need to be somewhat devious about this to get anywhere, and that is just the way it is. One of you has to be the grown up over this.
Your approach and success may also depend on what day it is, the weather, the moon phase, the humidity, and price of tea in China. We just pick a way and do our best.
If there's a doctor appointment coming up, call ahead to make your worries known and talk to the nurse about options. Maybe the doctor can do a little vision check, and find that he no longer has the vision to drive. The doctor I took my mom to, didn't tell her that outright. He handed me a form he had filled out for the DMV to change her driving license to a non-driving state ID.
He said "Take this to the DMV for a better handicap parking permit". Wink wink, nudge nudge. I read the form and saw he had checked the box that said applicant can no longer drive. We went to the DMV, and I guess they see a lot of this. They processed her for a new state ID, without driving privileges and a handicap parking sign without being obvious about it.
When we got done I looked at her license and said that "look, you don't have to drive anymore. This is the one that goes with your handicap plates. It says no driving." The deed was done and there was no going back.
We donated the car ASAP.
If dad insists on driving anyway - without a license - then call the police department and report him. He might need the experience of being pulled over by a real cop to scare him into compliance.
Let him drive for as long as he can do it safely in his own hometown if the town's pace is slow, no more long trips... people of all ages hit cars in the parking lot, either due to be inattentive or cannot see well out of the car mirrors or out the back of the car because of how it is designed. Would it be possible for you to drive him to see relatives or meet half way for them to pick him up?
What kind of vehicle does your Dad drive now? My parents have a big old Oldsmobile which I dislike driving because I can't see out of the side view mirrors because of where they are located on the car, and the button to move the mirrors that are within the case mounting doesn't help. The car was built for someone 6 foot tall, not 5 foot me. Maybe a different type of vehicle might help. Easy to see out of the back of a small pickup truck :)