100 Year Old Drivers !

[Smowball]

Good god - the first chap can't even hear lol!

[sunny-dave]

I'd go for

Self Certification of competence at 70

Medical Cert of fitness to drive at 75 & every 2 years after

Hazard Perception Test at 80

Full Test at (perhaps) 85

... and do something about the [censored] mobility scooter drivers too.

[Smowball]

Good ideas Dave x

[sunny-dave]

I've had another thought (does happen sometimes) :

The 'naughty school' courses for speedy drivers are actually very good - making everyone take one before their 75th birthday would achieve two things

1. Education and updating of skills for the drivers

and

2. The trainers get to eyeball everyone & can weed out any obvious duffers for further investigation.

[Smowball]

I was just so shocked at how bad some of them were-I guess it's never occurred to me that there were 100 yr old drivers on the road!

[vulcan42]

" Self Certification of competence at 70 "
we get that now, it is no longer sufficient. I have a friend who has stated their eyesight is good when I know it isn't, a proper eye test is paramount.

[EDDIE51]

The driving test should definitely involve Motorway driving. At the moment you can pass the test never having gone over 30 in a town center, then jump straight into a car and go down the motorway at 70 mph.

[EDDIE51]

The Motorway bit could be voluntary you only do it if you want to use Motorways. I know a lot of people who NEVER drive on a motorway and would be quite happy to have a licence that did not allow it.

[Peter Pedant]

that's an old one ! the story I mean

[chiaroscuro]

I concur with vulcan42.

[Hopkirk]

Eddie, I don't believe any driving test only happens in town centres at 30 mph.
I am sure you are wrong on that.

Many parts of the country do not have motorways that could be used for tests, but most have access to dual carriageways with 70 mph speed limits.