Driver's License Exams for Senior Citizens

Hide the keys.

 

well said , Smarty and your dads still a prolly good driver ...

but there just comes a time when trying to park get's to be a problem ,,, dents are incurred ,,, but just regular driving down the hi-way just fine ,,, hope you can relate ..

 

Pensioner banned from driving for 1000 years:

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/pensioner-banned-from-driving-until-the-year-3000/story-e6freuy9-1111118494458

This woman is an absolute (*)(*)(*)(*)(*). Starting fights with her neighbours, wasting time by taking them to court. She recently beat a nurse with her walking stick. She even bashed a camera crew with the same stick when they investigated this 1000 year ban.
She has no respect for the law and it makes me sick to even share the same country with her.
Hers is the harshest ban ever handed down to any driver. And she certainly deserves it, too.

 

It varies from state to state , OKGrannie ... lots of states not as lineanent as yours ...

 

wow ,,, MAK that is one mean looking white woman ,,, whew ,,, beat her nurse with her walking staff , ya say ? not a nice neighbor ,,, whew ,,, ya know ?

I bet when she was a teenager , this big spider crept out from under her car seat and bit her on her leg .

 

My sister and I prohibited our parents from driving. Dad was relieved and Mom was furious. We felt it was our responsibility.

Some people when they hear the, "I'll disinherit you," just fold.

O.K. Grannie: In my state, Colorado, there was no age at which there was retesting. There was an option for a police officer to submit a drivers name for a mandatory retesting. It was possible for family members to ask a police officer to submit someone for retresting.

The problem is a lot of elderly aren't competent to drive but they can vote. Hell, dead people vote. I'm amazed we don't have them driving, too.

 

While I agree seniors should be tested regularly at a certain age, I do not believe testing people will improve driving habits. Most people know how to drive and know when they are breaking the law. They are not going to drive recklessly with a driving instructor in the car obviously because they are aware they are being monitored and that their failure constitutes removal of driving privileges. Unless you plan on having a driving instructor monitoring us everytime we drive, you are not going to change anything. People choose to be inconsiderate and bad drivers on the road. It is not a matter of proficiency. In some cases you actually have to be even more proficient a driver to be a bad driver than a good one. The fix is more traffic police and richer fines. When you start affecting peoples pockets, they will begin to change their habits.

 

Good point.

 

How about instead of everyone taking the test, we make it conditional based upon the number of tickets received and/or the number of accidents the motorist has been involved in in which they were at fault.

Here's my thinking - a driver get's his/her learner's permit, then graduates to a full license when they pass the written and skills tests, probably at age 16. Mandatory written and skills tests for the next license renewal, then - if the motorist has had no moving violations and/or at fault accidents - they're exempt from the written and skills tests until the age of, say... 65.

Then at 65, mandatory skills tests upon license renewal, and no renewal for a period of longer than three years. Assuming the motorist can pass the vision test, and that a license examiner feels they're not a hazard to other motorists, they can continue to drive until they pass away.

There would still be a few that would slip through the cracks - no system is 100% perfect. But, I think this would be a fair and equitable way to ensure that a motorist is capable of safely operating a motor vehicle.

 

I am 65 and in favor of a yearly ROAD test for all drivers between the ages of 16 and 23 and for all those 60 and over.

 

A yearly test is rather inconvenient, though. And how much would it cost?

 

Who cares if it is inconvenient, so are seat belts but they save lives, get the test or do not drive. I doubt it would cost more than 50 dollars a year and if that is too much, do not drive.

 

If you failed the test, though, you would want to try again, and again. If you failed once, should you hang up the keys for another 12 months before you can have another go? It could be a simple mistake you made.

 

This is a State issue as the States hand out the DLs.

Some States already have this test, My grandmother takes it every year, last year it took her two tries.

 

I'm not sure.If it wasn't used for all these years why start now.
That is just unfair.Don't forget that in Japan Seniors are treated like
Royalty.The Japaneese belive with Age comes Wisdon and that is
of utmost importance.

 

All of us grow old, but only some of us will grow wise. The wise among us will quit driving voluntarily or won't mind taking a driving test.

 

Unfortunately, for some, denial is a way of life. I was shocked when I talked with my mother and asked her if we should wait for her to kill someone before she quit driving. She glared at me and said, "I don't care." The sad thing for me was at the point she didn't care. Another man was complaining his kids wouldn't let him drive and his buddy said, "You did have that wreck and killed your niece." His response was, "She was old anyway."

I wish people would simply quit driving but many won't. I keep thinking of the old man in California who drove through a lawn party and was still driving a year later when he killed people at a street market. His children said he just wouldn't stop driving. I hope the lawsuit resulted in no inheritance for the kids.

 

I have heard the same sort of remarks from my Dad. But I have sympathy for children who cannot get their parents to quit driving. There is no legal help in this state, so what is a child to do, physically wrestle the car keys away? In all ways, parents have their kids over a barrel, there is no legal help to prevent parents from making all kinds of mistakes. I know one man who gave away his entire life savings to various needy? people before his kids even knew what was going on.

 

If there is no reason to check an ID, it is an unreasonable search. That said, a driver's license check for anybody driving is not unreasonable, IMHO.

 

Make him take an AARP driving course.

 

Man this is true, I sold car Ins for years,,and some of these people could hardly walk or hold a thought. There were times I spoke to their kids and asked if they thought ''PoP'' was OK to drive, many said ''NO'',,,but he wont stop.

One client went to a Little league game, he thought he was in reverse,,he was not. He wound up smashing into five cars,,,Thank God nobody got hurt,,,it happens that fast. They just do not have the reflex's or the clear mind to handle an emergency...
I was standing on a corner once and a old lady started crossing, she had the light. All of a sudden a car started to turn, I ran out and grabbed her pulling her away, the car skimmed my butt as I turned away...LOL
I looked and the driver had that old blue hair and could hardly see over the wheel, never stopped, never noticed anything I guess....
We need these people off the road!!!!

 

I checked into that, but there's nothing in the course to prevent them driving or even to suggest that if X is so, maybe they shouldn't drive.

 

Speaking for the older folks, myself well into my 70's, most do reduce their use of an auto or will stop all together for one reason or another, eyesight, nerves, dementia or what have you, but to mandate without cause testing/physical is not your answer.

Acting under probable cause, would be more in order and folks applying for renewal regardless of age, with a recent history of problems, minor accidents, speeding etc., or those found driving erratically should be required additional testing for renewal.

Then today, near 40,000 people die every year from auto/truck accidents with a couple million injured and I don't think these are the results of old people, even percentage wise. If you like I'll look up some younger folks (under 75), maybe on drugs, alcohol or simply not paying attention, that have killed someone. As for the OP however, the big crime was leaving the scene and that's not a symptom of old age.

I understand younger folks drive too slow, usually the speed limit, probably do stop on a yellow lights, in short get in your way, but that's not probable cause!!!