Should Older Drivers Be Made To Resit A Test

[nailit]

Accidents waiting to happen!!
Not a popular opinion but nevertherless true.
Nearly had a crash with a granny (let it go, she obviously didnt know what indicators are for...BMW drivers obviously)
Then got some oldie who stopped on a flyover to let an ambulance past, the ambulance couldnt move because of traffic coming the other way so said vehicle decided to move at a snails pace. Caught up with her at roundabout and ambulance still stuck behind with blues and twos.

Really think that Older Drivers should resit a test.

[237SJ]

There are lots of idiots on the road and they are not necessarily older people.

[nailit]

//There are lots of idiots on the road and they are not necessarily older people//
These ones were.

[nailit]

Never called them idiots either!

[alavahalf]

Unfortunately the vast majority of road traffic accidents involve 17-19 year olds. Do they need to be re--tested As well ?

[jno]

every week at least, alavahalf

[237SJ]

I had a Ford Escort when I was in my mid twenties. That car was jinxed. Within the first 2 weeks of my buying it a man came out of a side road and drove into me. About 8 months later, a man drove into the back of me in roadworks on the M25. That was a particularly dumb one because I wasn't even moving at the time. The next was an Army bod in a big left hand truck on the A303 who I was overtaking. He decided to overtake whilst I was alongside him and he made a massive hole in my fuselage. "Sorry Love, I didn't see you" was his excuse. I had to put the lawyers onto him because he refused to report the accident. As I said, there are lots of idiots on the roads.

[woofgang]

not necessarily true Nailit, your opinion which is not the same as factual truth.

[bhg481]

Anybody who believes absolutely what a car indicating intends to do is a fool.

[gness]

Out of curiosity, Nailit have you ever had a motoring accident?

[douglas9401]

One cannot evaporate just because some noisy *** at the back of you wishes it.

I'm sure they're taught this at ambulance school. You can't always move over and oncomers could play their part too.

In conclusion, one can almost always justify ones actions on the road no matter how enfeebled or angry a person happens to be.

[nailit]

gness
//Out of curiosity, Nailit have you ever had a motoring accident?//

No.

Probably more out of luck than design tho to be fair.
Been driving for 32 yrs including 7 1/2 trucks.

[nailit]

I do think that it would be an idea for older drivers to take a 'refresher' course though. Not least because things change.

[237SJ]

^and you'll be an "Oldie" one day. Or some other stereotype. If you were female of course, you would be a "Granny" - another sterotype.

[jno]

probably some luck involved, nailit. I've never hit anyone but people have hit me. All younger than me, as I recall.

[Prudie]

The crucial point is probably what you define as 'older'?

[Canary42]

I would be quite happy to resit a test.

What do you classify as "Older Driver"

[nailit]

//^and you'll be an "Oldie"//
And?

[ubasses]

I remember watching a TV programme about a year or so ago, where they put several drivers of varying ages through the same tests, on roads and testing tracks. Guess who came out as the best driver!!

[nailit]

I would be happy to sit a test every year past 50.
Dont see a problem with it.

[jno]

"older than me" is the usual definition, Canary.