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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] 43 points 1 year ago (13 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (3 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.

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

I seriously hoped it would have been implemented The older folks seem to ruin germany more the older they get

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I've been saying the same thing for years. We should revoke voting status 18y from whatever the national average lifespan. That'll never happen, though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

How to determine when the last 18 start, though?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

At 19. You vote at 18 or not at all. Let's see just how chaotic we can make this world.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well insurance companies have all the models necessary for that. It's actually called actuary and it's a field of mathematics.

Or, average national lifespan

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