I was going round a roundabout this morning (clockwise) being the correct way and some 70+ women was coming towards me going the wrong way round the roundabout!!!
2007-03-09 02:38:05 · 17 answers · asked by thehotmustards@btinternet.com 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
yes, my father in law is 71 and hes scary, he cant even see properly, i think all oaps should have to sit there test again, i bet the majority of them wouldnt pass. lol!
2007-03-09 02:41:22 · answer #1 · answered by jojo78 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
There was a very similar question asked just yesterday. I strongly oppose any initiative to remove a persons right to drive SOLELY based on their age. I concede that their are elderly drivers out there that perhaps should be retested, but there are also a disproportionate number of young people in the same boat. Bad drivers are off all ages and genders
2007-03-09 03:37:57 · answer #2 · answered by al b 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Like anything else, a simple age limit is not a good way of doing things. There are many 70+ people who are active and perfectly healty and drive very safely.
Every individual ages differently. To simply put a perscribed age on when someone should stop driving, would be like someone putting a perscribed age on when people should stop living.
The best way to handle safety on the road is to test individuals in a manner that can gauge their abilities and ensure they are safe.
2007-03-09 02:43:22 · answer #3 · answered by hsueh010 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
there is not any top age decrease yet there could be. regardless of the truth that some elderly drivers are nonetheless able to emphasise their mobility could be impaired as is their listening to and ingenious and prescient. my personal mom in regulation moans that she has to exhibit her finished body to look in the back of her now quite than only her head because her neck hurts. in my opinion I shall stop driving the first time I particularly have a senior second in the back of the wheel. i visit apply taxi's quite or more suitable positive nonetheless use my babies like they use me now.
2016-12-05 11:15:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. They should have to take a driver's test every year though. My grandfather is almost 74 and still a good driver. I've known people half his age to drive like they just got their learner's permit.
2007-03-09 04:48:05 · answer #5 · answered by Moon Crystal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are some that shouldn't be driving over 70,but there are a damn sight more who shouldnt be driving under age 20.
2007-03-09 02:47:57 · answer #6 · answered by Pat R 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't think you can judge on age alone. Have a look at the insurance companys' statistics, they're the ones who know, they have to pay out.
Personally I wouldn't object to a retest every 10 years say, tho' how that'd ever be achieved I don't know!
2007-03-10 06:23:52 · answer #7 · answered by champer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes definitly i was driving uo a slip road coming off the motorway and some daft old woman was heading towards us i think at 65 or 70 you should resit your test.
2007-03-09 03:42:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think after every 40 years after having your license you should be given another test to see if you can still drive alright. People over 70 can go on the buses for free anyway for transport!
2007-03-09 02:45:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't think there should be an upper age limit as such, but I do think every driver should go through refreasher training, just like any other form of training like first aid and health and saftety.
Just a thought!
2007-03-09 02:45:02 · answer #10 · answered by thepurestone 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I dont think that there should be an upper limit but after 60 they should be tested every 5 years. With no cost to themselves
2007-03-09 02:44:21 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋