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EU wants over 70s to prove they can still drive every five years (www.brusselstimes.com)
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The European Union wants elderly people (70+) to undergo medical tests from now on to prove that they are still capable of driving a car every five years. However, the proposal has been met with a lot of criticism.

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[-] Mininux@sh.itjust.works 43 points 1 year ago

Honestly seeing how people drive ~10 years after getting their licence I think we need a kind of test every 10 years, not necessarily because of declining cognitive capacity but just generally forgetting about safety

although it would be pretty expensive to check absolutely everyone

[-] addandsubtract@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

An online test that you have to pass to renew your license would work well enough.

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