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10-15-2007, 03:36 PM
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Re: Should there be an upper age limit on driver\'s licenses?
I don't think there should be an upper age limit, but I think annual vision and driving tests should be required above 75 or 80. I had a great grandmother who drove for years while almost blind (she probably would have qualified as legally blind). She lived in a small town without much traffic, and everybody knew to keep out of her way, and that, combined with quite a bit of luck, kept her from having an accident, but she had no business driving.
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#2
10-15-2007, 04:52 PM
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Re: Should there be an upper age limit on driver\'s licenses?
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I don't think there should be an upper age limit, but I think annual vision, reaction time and driving tests should be required above 70 [/ QUOTE ] Also, I'm with ed, I thought 14 was pretty standard for permit already, and that 15 were the odd states.
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10-15-2007, 04:56 PM
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Re: Should there be an upper age limit on driver\'s licenses?
I don't think it's unreasonable to require recertification on a periodic basis... for all drivers.
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10-15-2007, 06:01 PM
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Re: Should there be an upper age limit on driver\'s licenses?
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I don't think it's unreasonable to require recertification on a periodic basis... for all drivers. [/ QUOTE ] Impractical. Most DMVs are understaffed. Retest those with moving violations. Only problem is many of the most dangerous drivers are actually good drivers. Good in the sense that they can pass tough driver's test. There is no acceptable way to get inconsiderate drivers off the road.
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#5
10-15-2007, 06:55 PM
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Re: Should there be an upper age limit on driver\'s licenses?
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I don't think it's unreasonable to require recertification on a periodic basis... for all drivers. [/ QUOTE ] I think it should be mandatory and much tougher. Some people just flat out can't drive well and shouldn't be allowed to.
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#7
10-16-2007, 07:59 PM
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Re: Should there be an upper age limit on driver\'s licenses?
Don't the laws vary by state? My Grandma in Illinois drove until she was about 95, and she had to take a road test every year to renew (I don't know how old she was when the annual tests started).
I don't know if she quit driving because she couldn't pass the test or because she got sick of having to re-test every year.
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#8
10-17-2007, 05:00 AM
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Re: Should there be an upper age limit on driver\'s licenses?
you think where you live is bad then try living in florida
its like driving through a mine field
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#9
10-17-2007, 04:43 PM
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Re: Should there be an upper age limit on driver\'s licenses?
I've been sideswiped by someone who ran a redlight as i was going through the intersection, then just takes off! I chase the bastard down in my old f150 and when I finally cut him off to end quite a wreckless chase I get out and its some 70+ year old asian guy (no speaka engrish) muttering that I hit him, wtf.
Anyways dudes son came and explained his dad was senile and shouldnt even be on the road, and i was 17 driving a $900 truck so I didnt give a [censored] about my dented door and went to blaze. Moral of the story, Yes to yearly or every other year testing around the ages of 65-70.
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