Limit Old Drivers?, page 2
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reply posted on 4-5-2008 @ 03:30 PM by Enthralled Fan
reply to post by DontTreadOnMe


I don't know about the rest of the people who have posted here, but I have come to the conclusion that people need to be tested more often for competency when it comes to driving. I did mention that I have been driving for 36 years, without a ticket, and the only driving tests I have ever had to take were when I got my license at age 16.

Seriously, road signs have changed, and to be honest, I don't know if I would pass knowing what they are on a written test.

Some laws have changed. For instance, in some states, it is illegal to have your windshield wipers on without your headlights being on at the same time.

Do you know many people that stop by the DMV for a rules of the road just because some things might have changed? I don't. The only reason I have looked at one is because my children were enrolled in drivers education. Some things were different than what I recall.

So no, since the discussion has been put out here, I don't think it's just about age, but I do tend to think that older people who have slower reaction times should have to take a road test every 4 years at least, once they are over the age of 65.

As for government having to much control? I don't see it as an issue when it comes to driving. People have to reach a certain age to get a license, so I don't see it as a problem when people become elderly and cannot pass a test, being denied a license.


reply posted on 4-5-2008 @ 03:56 PM by Witness2008
reply to post by DontTreadOnMe


I agree that government is given too much room to control our lives. Should we test teeneagers every year or so until they reach that age that the insurance industry has set for being responsible? Does every person over the age of 70 have to retest every year?

The roads are full of incompetance at all ages. The solution short of having state agencies deciding who drives and who does not is to drive defensivly and family members should keep track of the elderly in their families. My folks told my grandmothers when it was time to hand over the car keys. The only car accident I was involved in was caused by someone whos attention was with the person on the other end of her cell phone.


reply posted on 5-5-2008 @ 10:52 PM by baseball101
reply to post by CoffinFeeder


i completely agree with you about the testing it would be very nice if people would get regularly tested. the only problem with that is it really can't be a written test because that wouldn't prove anything. one thing that might work would be if they could somehow create a real life simulator for tests. i know that there would definitely not be enough instructors out there to take every one out on the street and test them. the simulators would be expensive to purchase but in the end it would get the dmv plenty of money for the tests (because it would be mandatory) and that's what everyone wants now-a-days.


reply posted on 30-9-2008 @ 08:23 AM by Anonymous ATS
reply to post by azzllin


again, there is that teenage thing. I am 16, I am focused in my school work. I hate to be discrimated against because of the other ignorant teens. but sadly, i agree with you. I can drive rather well, but I am kind of scared to drive. the other girls i go to school with think they are "hot stuff" because they have a piece of plastic that proves they can drive. I hate it, they have changed so much. My mom is all for the law againest teenage drivers. although it really has nothing to do with the elderly people, i just like to share that part of my opinion with people.

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