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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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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

not necessarily because of declining cognitive capacity but just generally forgetting about safety

And because rules, regulations and the reality of traffic changes.

There's this new move to make roads where bicycles are granted priority more prevalent, but the specific rules of how it works are completely unknown to most people who got their license more than 10 years ago. Same for reserved car sharing parking spots. Same for some rules around electric vehicles, etc. etc.

It would just be good to make sure people who are operating a vehicle are current on the rules of actually driving a car - rather than relying on "that's how I learned it, back in the day!"