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14 Jul 2010, 13:06
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one of my best mates neices was in this car crash on tuesday night.
http://news.stv.tv/scotland/west-central/186837-three-dead-after-car-crash-in-troon/
now why the fuck is anyone over the age of 60, not made to resit their drivingtest in the uk? and every 5 years after that? to make sure the senile old fucking wankers who cant remember where they live, are not allowed to drive on any road if theyre not fit to.
he lived for 80 years, when these 2 lovely girls were killed at just 19. fucking rediculous.
http://news.stv.tv/scotland/west-central/186837-three-dead-after-car-crash-in-troon/
now why the fuck is anyone over the age of 60, not made to resit their drivingtest in the uk? and every 5 years after that? to make sure the senile old fucking wankers who cant remember where they live, are not allowed to drive on any road if theyre not fit to.
he lived for 80 years, when these 2 lovely girls were killed at just 19. fucking rediculous.
didnt they already wanted to make such a rule some years ago? i remember that i read smth about it: people with glasses and old people (and some more) should have to re-do a test every x-years
What the fuck for? They're already dead.
i guess you actually know that though :D
his car got repaired which took like a week, so he went to the garage to ge his car back. when he was driving backwards from the parking lot of the garage he hit another car xDDD
there should be some sort of test for old people idd.
It's like passing your GCSEs, A Levels and higher, but then being made to re-sit them every 5 years just to make sure you could do them which a lot of people would fail.
A lot of older drivers say they wouldn't be able to pass nowadays.
There would be other ways of keeping drivers in check, it's usually just eyes and vision and reaction time, there should be some sort of minimum level requirements.
And that is exactly why this is important. If they can't pass a test, they shouldn't be on the road. Most people don't realise just how ridiculously dangerous driving is, because we do it so often it seems commonplace and, thus, risk-free. It's by far the most dangerous thing most of us do on a regular basis.
What I said still stands.
A number of points. Firstly, your equivalence to GCSEs is all well and good, but misses a fundamental point. If you got a maths GCSE, but forgot how to do maths you're not going to kill somebody; if you got a driving licence but forgot how to drive, you may well. It's nothing like the same.
Secondly, a lot of older drivers were originally tested decades ago, when roads were completely different and the testing procedure nowhere near as well developed. This is obviously a problem, as what training they did have is completely inadequate for modern roads.
You'll know if you do any job you're expected to retrain regularly. If I want to work on site I have to take a two-day safety course refresher every year, and that's not really much more dangerous than driving. You'll find that with pretty much any activity with comparable risks (especially where there is the potential to endanger others), and yet somehow driving is an exception? Why?
I just think a regular driving test is a bit OTT. Unless your also thinking of some sort of regular drivers course?
The only reason I think it is OTT is because if I had to take another test now, and failed, it would make it very difficult to take after I passed previously. A solution obviously would be "not to fail", or maybe if you don't pass, you are given an amount of time to get yourself up to scratch before you have to have another go but can carry on driving in the meantime.
Problems & Solutions.
Yes, it would cost the government more money, but it would help a lot with road safety.
Seriously though, it'd be completely unnecessary for most drivers, thus a waste of money
People give the younger drivers a lot of shit, when after passing my test only recently, it's the older drivers who are most dangerous.
there are so many situations where people just SHOULD NOT be allowed on the road, lest situations like this reoccur
perhaps like aforementioned, a free driving test, it could be tied in with the local GP as more of a fit to drive thing, not sure, but this is happening more and more and its just crap.