Not.
A university study in Adelaide found that contrary to popular (with younger drivers anyway) theories that old people are worse drivers, the opposite is true. How did they come to this sensational conclusion you ask? Well they found that old people had less accidents. Why? Because they found old people avoided driving in hazardous conditions like rain(!), dark(!!) or slippery roads etc. This would lead someone with less academic credentials like me to deduce that they avoid these conditions because they dont feel confident or feel intimidated. I can only deduce further that they would feel this way because the dont feel competent to handle them. Therefore I believe that technically and in practical terms they are, as we all knew , worse drivers. Sure young drivers can be more reckless and overconfident but unleash sample or 28 - 30 year olds against some 75 year olds around a track in similar cars and watch the result.
To illustrate this , this morning I watched a TV channel put it to the test. Hardly scientific, they took a 20 something year old woman (quite tasty actually), blonde as well(!), against a late 70 to 80 year old guy (not so tasty) and pitted them against each other with a driving instructor. The blonde got 6/10 and the old guy 4/10. Even taking the bonus point the blond would have got cause she was hot, the younger, female driver won. They both complained that they would have got higher scores in their own cars (blah blah) but distrubingly the old guy drove a Hi Ace type van. One can only ponder in terror the lack of rear view out of that but in fairness I have found older people generally dont bother with check behind them or turning their head around as they generally pull out so slowly most approaching drivers have ample time to take evasive action on their behalf. The blond couldnt parrallel park but thats genetic. (It was a Toyota Echo too!). She also just missed hitting a pedestrain who came out from behind a tree or something. I have a suspicion the old guy in the same situation would not have.
So my finding is (who cares you say) that older drivers may be wiser in avoiding putting themselves (and others) in harms way, a commendable quality, but younger drivers have quicker reactions and are generally more aware of their surroundings. The downside is they are more reckless and drive too fast. But when it comes down to driving as a skill younger drivers win out.