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Originally Posted by firefighter753
It's proven that drivers over 70 have the same reaction times as somebody twice the drink drive limit. Hgv drivers have to have a medical at 45 and then every 5 years, which includes eyesight, blood pressure and heart and lung function. Car drivers over 50 should have same tests.
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I can't see a problem with that at all.
I also agree with extra testing like entwisi mentioned. After a few years, once it had become an excepted part of driving no one would complain or decide not to take the tests, unless they thought they were no longer safe enough to pass them. I think the cost should be reasonable for a 1/2 hour test though, maybe £20 or something. It costs me £60+ to fill up with diesel so it would become an excepted cost of car ownership.
Maybe if the rest of the people posting against extra safe guards such as this did your job and had seen the results of car accidents and had to deal with the horrific things you deal with on a regular basis they may think differently.