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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] 37 points 1 year ago (4 children)

This is quite a brilliant idea. Although we could argue that everyone of all ages should be somewhat tested every x years. The amount of people that are over confident and forget things on the road is quite scary.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I do agree with you, but most of those people do that on purpose and will just drive like they should for those 30/60 minutes. I don't see elderly be able to do that.

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