65 and still driving (Other Motoring Issues)

Member Name: kisadog

Product:	Other Motoring Issues
Date:	21/09/00 (31 review reads)
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Advantages: safer roads

Disadvantages: more old people walking

As a taxi driver I see a lot of other peoples driving style. Some good some bad and some bloody awful. By far the worst has got to be the older generation.
You see them driving down the road totally oblivious to all around them, it's like they are a law into themselves.
Personally I think that once you get to retirement age you should have to take some kind of tests, I don't mean a full driving test(no-one could pass that twice), just something to show that they are still capable of driving to a reasonable level. Once every 2 years would be often enough.
This would then weed out them that aren't capable and make the roads a little bit safer for everybody else.Surely it makes sense when you see these people who can just about walk getting into big powerful cars and then driving them round very slowly because they can't see properly.
Test them or retire them, one or the other please.

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