watch out for older drivers...

[Don Quixote]

Driving Skills Do Ebb With Age: Study


http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20110521...bbwithagestudy

oh no, here i am at 66, but then i do not drive a lot, but i do drive a large suv

[Team Zimmerman 2013]

Everyone age 50+ should have to retake a road test every 3 years. Failure to pass once revokes your license forever.

[Annie]

Everyone age 50+ should have to retake a road test every 3 years. Failure to pass once revokes your license forever.

Put that age to 70 and I'll agree with you. Same with anyone under 30 and unmarried.

[Team Zimmerman 2013]

Let's just make it everyone, because frankly a master driver like myself shouldn't have to deal with thousands of road morons.

[Annie]

Let's just make it everyone, because frankly a master driver like myself shouldn't have to deal with thousands of road morons.

You want to pay those fees? Me neither. Not too mention the lines!

[Team Zimmerman 2013]

You want to pay those fees? Me neither. Not too mention the lines!

I neve have any lines at my SecState office, and it's well worth it to keep morons off the road. Either that, or let me dispense drivers education via a tire iron

[Don Quixote]

Everyone age 50+ should have to retake a road test every 3 years. Failure to pass once revokes your license forever.

if you were 50+ would you say the same thing?

since i am retired, i do not drive as fast as i used to and leave more room between me and the car in front of me - just not in that big of a hurry anymore and yes, i check my mirrors before changing lanes (the car i drive has a lot of window space and little in the way of blind spots, but i still check my mirrors)

[Team Zimmerman 2013]

if you were 50+ would you say the same thing?

since i am retired, i do not drive as fast as i used to and leave more room between me and the car in front of me - just not in that big of a hurry anymore and yes, i check my mirrors before changing lanes (the car i drive has a lot of window space and little in the way of blind spots, but i still check my mirrors)

Were you to read further you'd notice that I revised my statement to include eeryone. So yes, I would feel the same regardless of my age. If you cannot do the speed limit, you shouldn't be driving.

[Don Quixote]

Were you to read further you'd notice that I revised my statement to include eeryone. So yes, I would feel the same regardless of my age. If you cannot do the speed limit, you shouldn't be driving.

i did not say that i cannot do the speed limit, i said that i do not drive as fast as other people since i am not usually in as big a hurry

ps no tickets or accidents for over 20 years

[Team Zimmerman 2013]

i did not say that i cannot do the speed limit, i said that i do not drive as fast as other people since i am not usually in as big a hurry

ps no tickets or accidents for over 20 years

I was speaking generaly, not about you in specific.

[WinterBorn]

The old and the young are the dangers. But the old tend to be worse. We had a man flagging traffic in a work zone that was hit by an elderly driver a couple of months ago. Plenty of visibility, stopping distance was excellent, exceeded the DOT requirements for and it was a clear day. The old man never hit his brakes.

[Mott the Hoople]

Driving Skills Do Ebb With Age: Study


http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20110521...bbwithagestudy

oh no, here i am at 66, but then i do not drive a lot, but i do drive a large suv

You want even better information then that? Go study the actuarial tables that the insurance companies have on this issue. Seniors cause more auto accidents with more injuries, deaths and property damage then teen age drivers do.

[Mott the Hoople]

Were you to read further you'd notice that I revised my statement to include eeryone. So yes, I would feel the same regardless of my age. If you cannot do the speed limit, you shouldn't be driving.

You're actually in the right of it there to include everyone. The political opposition from seniors and their political lobby would make it almost impossible to implement driving laws that are senior specific, no matter how valid the concern. The only feasable way to implment laws to protect us from Seniors with failing physical skills on the roads is to require everyone to do it. Personally I agree with Annie's solution but that would never fly politically.

[Team Zimmerman 2013]

There are too many morons on the road of any age. Fail once, you're never getting a license again.

[Mott the Hoople]

Not to change the subject, but I have heard you bitch about bicyclist enough. If everyone on a motorized vehicle has to obtain a drivers license to drive on a public road way, shouldn't bicyclist too?