Problem easily fixed. Say gramps turns 90 in June 1st. he gets a notice on March 1st stating his test is coming up. if by September 1st, he hasnt retaken his test, BMV suspends his license. then he can be pulled over for having a suspended license(which will show up when the police run plates and they can pull them over for that) and it will be handled from there, most likely having is car towed or a son or daughter to come take the car.krambman;573338 wrote:I agree with this (and my grandparent's aged 72,73, and 82 all agree as well). Often they are more dangerous than teenagers, but because they need their independence and have no one else to drive them they often have no choice, but I agree that driving tests should be administered every few years for a senior citizens. The only problem is that many would continue to drive even if they didn't pass, and there would be no legal recourse to pull them over and ticket them because they rarely break actual driving laws. You can't just pull over old people to check and make sure they have a license and you can't pull them over for driving too slow (unless there's a posted minimum speed).
While I agree with you it's my humble opinion that 16 year olds are just too immature and irresponsible in general to be driving. While ANY new driver is inexperienced regardless of age, immaturity only makes it worse.I Wear Pants;573005 wrote:Then you'd just have 18-20 year olds getting in wrecks all the time.
It isn't their age that makes them bad drivers it's inexperience.
I'd be for a system that makes retests mandatory every 5 years after 50 or 60 and every 3 after 80 or so.
Belly35;576798 wrote:No there should not be a age limit ... There should be a skill test>>>>>
1. Change a tire by yourself ..start to finish
2. Know how to jump a car
3. Drive backwards in a figure eight
4. Parallel park
Pass those four test then you can continue to drive………
Sonofanump;572791 wrote:I feel that the drivers test should be re-administered past a certain age. Maybe every 5 years past 60, then every 3 years past 80.
