Over 70s driving tests

[A Place of Light]

Originally Posted by Rich_L

There's an interesting balance I always think - it suits the country to have a flexible, mobile workforce and also to have mobile OAPs etc as it's less of a burden. The driving test could be made much more difficult, but then a corresponding %age of people would be less mobile, less able to travel to get work, more reliant on public transport etc.

So I think generally the number of accidents which could be avoided by a stricter test, compulsory re-testing etc, is probably considered a reasonable price for enabling a larger proportion of the population with additional mobility and flexibility. Or maybe that's just me being cynical

The driving test hasn't changed in decades, apart from the addition of the emergency stop and IIRC the 3 point turn. Yes, the highway code has of course, and the way it's conducted has (spliting into practical and theory) but the actual test on operating the vehicle is pretty much the same as it was for your parents and probably for their parents too?

I think that everyone who passes should be forced to display a marker showing that they have had no motorway instruction. This means that people who live near motorways could have extra lessons to add this entitlement and those who live many miles away from the motorway network wouldn't have a needless test (and set of costs) forced upon them.