Old people should be retested every year if they want to drive

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: hotchilisauce

Originally posted by: Amused
I'll agree to that when the posters on this board agree that teen drivers are even more dangerous than the elderly.

i'll agree that the 40 or so year old business man driving on the freeway and shaving while on the HOV lane can't drive for shit. and the 25-30 year old woman applying makeup at 80mph probably isn't a safe driver.

it's true that many teenage drivers suck, and even though i'm under 21, i wouldn't be against re-testing (say once in two years until the age of 21) because atleast once a week, i see someone driving around campus and say "who gave that fool a license?"

Oh come on..like retesting for teens would do anything...if they got it the first time at 16, how the hell would they fail it after two years of driving?

You are all retarded.

Amused, the reason the under 25 crowd causes more fatalities, is simply because they actually drive fast enough to. While they are speeding, the elderly are holding back 10 cars on a two lane road. And like soemone else said, teens improve and eventually become good drivers like any of you who are 20-30 and have a clean record, while the elderly only get worse.

 

[WobbleWobble]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Teens improve, old people do not.

Regardless of the age, the first 5 years of driving ARE going to be more dangerous than normal. If you say no driving until 21, then everyone 21-26 are going to be a problem area.

I would say bi-annual testing after 65 is fair.

That's a very good point. You become a good driver through experience and everyone has to learn sometime.

I also agree with the fact that older people drive a lot less than teens and would cause more fender-benders. I too would rather sit with a new teen than a old driver.

<--- 20 and no accidents.

 

[blakeatwork]

I'd say the same about anyone from 16-25...

 

[blakeatwork]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: synchronizer
Please define "old people".

"You" or older.

Oh, and to everyone throwing the irresponsible teen card out there - 21 and a crystal-clear record. Suck it.

- M4H

Mah gawd!!!! It's the insurmountable SUCKIT card!!!



I've had one speeding ticket... I learned awful damn quick after a 350 dollar fine, 6 points and a court date (I was 17 with a G2 for you Ontario kids), that 131 in an 80 is bad mmmkay?

 

[tk149]

I wonder if the insurance rates for the elderly are higher? If not, have the insurance companies ever attempted to raise them (but possibly were blocked by "gray lobby" legislation)? That would be proof that the statistics for the elderly show a higher rate of accidents.

Also, what makes you think a mandatory re-testing schedule would be effective? Current driver's license tests are pathetically easy and are a piss poor indicator of real-life driving skills.

 

[TitanDiddly]

I remember stocking that headline at CVS.

The same day, a lady who used a walker and took 5 minutes to get from the register to the sidewalk (20 feet) presented me her valid drivers licsence for a check. She wrote the check for $20 even, and counter me out the remaining ~$.18 to me, which took something like 45 seconds.

That's worse than being drunk. Absolutely unacceptable.

 

[Jmman]

Originally posted by: Amused
I'll agree to that when the posters on this board agree that teen drivers are even more dangerous than the elderly.

Agreed. Statistically, that senior doing 45 on the highway is many times safer than a 17 year old ......just check insurance statistics if you don't believe me.......

 

[Cobalt]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: Amused
I'll agree to that when the posters on this board agree that teen drivers are even more dangerous than the elderly.

Like that'll ever happen. A bunch of teenagers admitting they can't drive for sh!t?

Viper GTS

:*( I'm just starting to drive.

 

[Chaotic42]

My list of things to do to make the roads better:

Make the tests much harder and raise the speed limits.
Arrest people for not signaling, cruising in the left lane, tailgating, etc.
Raise the driving age to 18 (except for hardships).
Make a driver's ed class mandantory.
Lower the legal BAC to 0.02.
1st time DUI/DWI nets $10,000 fine. Every offense after that is (x^3)! years hard labor.
Split vehicles greater than say 3500lbs into a different license class with harder tests.
Up minimum speed limits.

<zips up flamesuit>

 

[tk149]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
My list of things to do to make the roads better:

Make the tests much harder and raise the speed limits.
Arrest people for not signaling, cruising in the left lane, tailgating, etc.
Raise the driving age to 18 (except for hardships).
Make a driver's ed class mandantory.
Lower the legal BAC to 0.02.
1st time DUI/DWI nets $10,000 fine. Every offense after that is (x^3)! years hard labor.
Split vehicles greater than say 3500lbs into a different license class with harder tests.
Up minimum speed limits.

<zips up flamesuit>

Make mandatory attendance at the hospital emergency room. See firsthand what happens to vehicle accident victims.

Make mandatory attendance at a civil trial for a fatal vehicle accident. See firsthand what happens to an accident victim's family.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
My list of things to do to make the roads better:

Make the tests much harder and raise the speed limits.
Arrest people for not signaling, cruising in the left lane, tailgating, etc.
Raise the driving age to 18 (except for hardships).
Make a driver's ed class mandantory.
Lower the legal BAC to 0.02.
1st time DUI/DWI nets $10,000 fine. Every offense after that is (x^3)! years hard labor.
Split vehicles greater than say 3500lbs into a different license class with harder tests.
Up minimum speed limits.

<zips up flamesuit>

That seems similar in some ways to Germany.