Cassie's law e-petition

A license should be valid up to 65, then renewed every X (maybe 3) years after that. However this (IMO) perfectly sensible action will never become a reality due to the inevitable accusations of age discrimination.

The gray vote is powerful and any government will be reluctant to alienate the baby-boomers. Whilst at the same time they'll come up with more harebrained schemes to make it harder and more expensive for younger people to drive.

StonedPenguin said:
Are you mad op? Why the hell should we give coppers this power? They'd abuse it left right and centre.
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To prevent stubborn old people running over and killing innocent people. There's a time in peoples lives when they should stop driving. They shouldn't wait until they have an accident to find out what age that is.
 
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Stretch said:
A license should be valid up to 65, then renewed every X (maybe 3) years after that. However this (IMO) perfectly sensible action will never become a reality due to the inevitable accusations of age discrimination.

The gray vote is powerful and any government will be reluctant to alienate the baby-boomers. Whilst at the same time they'll come up with more harebrained schemes to make it harder and more expensive for younger people to drive.
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You also have the issue of who will fund the retesting? It's not like pensioners are usually flush with cash.
 
Burnsy2023 said:
And how would said health professionals get involved?
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In the example stated in the OP, the professional who had just failed someone in an eye examination could have a link to either the Police or DVLA to ensure the licensee had their driving entitlement temporarily removed.
 
At the end of the day those people found driving with excess alcohol are able to drive in the interim period of being found/plead guilty within a court. The police have no power to automatically suspend or revoke a licence. That is a mater for the Court and the Court alone.

Many people plead not guilty to such offences in order to delay the likely ban they will receive.
 
It's a sad story but I don't think the proposed new law is the answer. What if something similar happened again but the pensioner hadn't already had that accident at the petrol station. The cops wouldn't even have had a chance to suspend his license before he killed someone.

As you grow old you lose certain abilities and how well you can do certain things also changes. It's just an unfortunate fact of life. Therefore I think mandatory partial re-tests at certain time intervals would stop a great deal more accidents both minor and serious by people who's ability to drive safely has diminished with the passage of time.

The older you get, the more frequent the re-tests should become e.g. at ages 30, 50, 65, 75, 80, 83, 85, etc. Exceptions should be made where a person passes their driving test within a few years of those ages. The 30/50 age tests would appease those thinking the elderly are being picked on and there are plenty drivers out there under the age of 65 that could do with being re-evaluated (imo).
 
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