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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€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Speed limits are meaningless when the flow of traffic is faster than that. A sign on the side of the road isn't going to keep the large swaths of people from going the speed they feel comfortable at. A comfortable driver is generally a safe driver.

And when someone is obstructing that flow, you end up with more dangerous driving conditions than even someone going faster than the flow. Those people are why traffic slowdowns and rubber-banding happen, which actually do cause accidents.

All that is not even to mention that speed limits are often arbitrary for the size of road and have not kept up with the safety capabilities of modern vehicles.