An elderly woman died yesterday after being knocked down by a motorist. The driver had _ 1 _ no attempt to brake (刹车). When a policeman asked him, a man of 69, to read the number plate of a car parked on the _ 2 _ side of the road, the man said this was _ 3 _, because it was foggy. In fact, it was a sunny day, _ 4 _ several attempts, get from _ 5 _ distance of two metres, the man _ 6 _ failed to read the number plate _ 7 _. He said he had never needed glasses, though he had been _ 8 _ in a similar accident the day before. The question _ 9 _ fitness to drive comes up every time some, medical condition _ 10 _ to an accident like this. Last week traffic accidents _ 11 _ the death of two motorists, one of _ 12 _ died as a result of blackouts (眩晕) while driving. The _ 13 _, a man whose car hit a tree, had _ 14 _ from blackouts for years. The second died _ 15 _ his sports car crashed at 60 m.p.h. He had a brain disease which causes him to _ 16 _ consciousness when he had a headache. With such cased _ 17 _ mind, it is not surprising that _ 18 _ prevention organizations are trying to _ 19 _ the government to introduce stricter _ 20 _ over drivers.