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EU wants over 70s to prove they can still drive every five years (www.brusselstimes.com)
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The European Union wants elderly people (70+) to undergo medical tests from now on to prove that they are still capable of driving a car every five years. However, the proposal has been met with a lot of criticism.

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[โ€“] 43 points 3 years ago (13 children)

I wish we could test for cognitive ability for voting access over 70.

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  • [โ€“] 27 points 3 years ago (9 children)

    The german satire party DIE PARTEI wanted to implement a highest voting age. If you can't vote the first 18 years of your life, you shouldn't be able to vote the final 18 years.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    How to determine when the last 18 start, though?

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I hear that in Germany comedy is no laughing matter...

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  • [โ€“] 22 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    That is true. We like the Monty Pythons more than anyone else does, we adore them! But we would never diminish this feeling by laughing about their jokes. Instead we do argue for hours about the philosophical implications of a silly walk.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago

    Yeah, with a philosopher like Beckenbauer that's exactly what I'd suspect.

    However the efficiency of the killing joke does make one wonder how the primordial laughter gets unlocked. Alas, we'll never know.

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