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Old and Driving

Should Old people be allowed to drive? And I mean old to the point where senses are impaired. Driving too slow can be just as dangerous as driving too fast. It is very frustrating to get stuck behind an old driver who’s depth perception is all s

Posted By Radkhat on November 15, 2007

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Driving tests

Posted By Gobama on October 19, 2008

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There are plenty of perfectly healthy people who drive like dicks. Lets...

Posted By jhall85 on November 30, 2007

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Old citizens should know when they are not capable of driving safely.

Posted By Kliflosises on November 19, 2007

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I think it has nothing to do with age..!

Posted By maflwo on December 20, 2007

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In they are too old, get them off the streets and into a home.

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Driving tests

-- Posted By Gobama on October 19, 2008

I think that it isn't just old people that can't drive. There are tons of bad drivers all over the place that are allowed on the road because they barely passed their drivers test!

I think you should have a follow-up driving test every 5-10 years. If you fail, no drivers license for you! You can take a bus.

My grandma is 90 years old, lives in L.A, and drives faster than I do. She's an amazing driver.

Test everyone!

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Old citizens should know when they are not capable of driving safely.

-- Posted By Kliflosises on November 19, 2007

Once that happens they shouldn't drive anymore. Its understandable that its a serious inconvenience, but so is death wouldn't you think? .

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Old drivers are as much of a threat to society as drunk drivers.

-- Posted By Radkhat on November 15, 2007

They shouldn't be allowed to risk others lives just because they are not willing to admit that they are getting too old to drive. if all of the gears aren't working upstairs then they shouldn't be driving.

Agreed, there needs to be a better way of confirming that older drivers are capable of being on the road!
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Old people should be allowed the same rights and the young.

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I think it has nothing to do with age..!

-- Posted By maflwo on December 20, 2007

I think it depends if anyone can pass the required tests (all of them) should be allowed to drive no matter how old/young they are!

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There are plenty of perfectly healthy people who drive like dicks. Lets be fair here.

-- Posted By jhall85 on November 30, 2007

Being on the road shows the true nature of humanity. Viscous, inconsiderate, and incompetent. To be fair, i think people should be required to take a driving test every few years. It might be a pain, but it'll filter out those that are going sour.

Driving tests after a certain age (65? perhaps) makes alot of sense to me. After all, we test new drivers to be sure they can handle it. We do need to test those whose reflexes are slowing down, to be sure they can still handle it. Some can, but some can't! I've seen too many close-calls caused by old people who were driving too slow, or made other bad judgement errors.
Right.. I say we need to test them after a certain age.. See if they can still drive like they once could
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