99 year old on wrong side of road and no headlights in RV

troubledwaters wrote:

Planning wrote:

troubledwaters wrote:

Planning wrote:
How about:

mandatory behind the wheel testing (in conjunction with eye and knowledge testing) for anyone above age "X",...

and also for anyone involved in an injury-producing traffic collision or a history of 2 or more minor traffic collisions in a two year time period?

How would that be unreasonable?

So how about we make that x = 16, not what do you think of the idea?

No problem for me whatsoever. Those that can, do.

And if I cannot pass it, I do not belong on the road, regardless of age. Performance talks, everything else, including BS, walks.

Well I have a problem with it. I don't like the idea of creating BS laws to fix non-existent problems. In the grand scheme of things considering the trillions of miles driven every year, the system seems to be working just fine like it is.

While there is surely a tweak available for most every law, I am willing to bet that the lack of a driver's license (if the 99 year old had one in the first place), would not have stopped the guy from driving down the wrong side of a divided highway with no lights on in the middle of the night. There are already laws in place making those actions illegal.

westernrvparkowner wrote:
Hopefully, the trajectory of the self driving car is going to cross my age before my driving skills diminish to a dangerous level. I look forward to crawling into the back seat and telling Alexa to drive me to the Opium Den.

X3

westernrvparkowner wrote:
Hopefully, the trajectory of the self driving car is going to cross my age before my driving skills diminish to a dangerous level. I look forward to crawling into the back seat and telling Alexa to drive me to the Opium Den.

:B

troubledwaters wrote:

Well I have a problem with it. I don't like the idea of creating BS laws to fix non-existent problems. In the grand scheme of things considering the trillions of miles driven every year, the system seems to be working just fine like it is.

The very first post in this thread proves that there is indeed a problem, and that the system is NOT working just fine.

And for some reason, at a time when there are more drivers on the road than ever before, most public school systems have eliminated driver education from their curriculum. EWe also have more and more older drivers who face a future of deteriorating skills, yet many states no longer do road tests at the DMV, nor do they require one for license renewal.

troubledwaters wrote:

Planning wrote:

troubledwaters wrote:

Planning wrote:
How about:

mandatory behind the wheel testing (in conjunction with eye and knowledge testing) for anyone above age "X",...

and also for anyone involved in an injury-producing traffic collision or a history of 2 or more minor traffic collisions in a two year time period?

How would that be unreasonable?

So how about we make that x = 16, not what do you think of the idea?

No problem for me whatsoever. Those that can, do.

And if I cannot pass it, I do not belong on the road, regardless of age. Performance talks, everything else, including BS, walks.

Well I have a problem with it. I don't like the idea of creating BS laws to fix non-existent problems. In the grand scheme of things considering the trillions of miles driven every year, the system seems to be working just fine like it is.

"non-existent problems". Hmm, it would seem that the fact there were around 5,000,000 accidents last year with over 37,000 fatalities might refute your insistence that "the system seems to be working just fine like it is". Sure looks like it could use a little improvement to me.

westernrvparkowner wrote:
Hopefully, the trajectory of the self driving car is going to cross my age before my driving skills diminish to a dangerous level. I look forward to crawling into the back seat and telling Alexa to drive me to the Opium Den.

x2

Planning wrote:

troubledwaters wrote:

Planning wrote:
How about:

mandatory behind the wheel testing (in conjunction with eye and knowledge testing) for anyone above age "X",...

and also for anyone involved in an injury-producing traffic collision or a history of 2 or more minor traffic collisions in a two year time period?

How would that be unreasonable?

So how about we make that x = 16, not what do you think of the idea?

No problem for me whatsoever. Those that can, do.

And if I cannot pass it, I do not belong on the road, regardless of age. Performance talks, everything else, including BS, walks.

Well I have a problem with it. I don't like the idea of creating BS laws to fix non-existent problems. In the grand scheme of things considering the trillions of miles driven every year, the system seems to be working just fine like it is.

Hopefully, the trajectory of the self driving car is going to cross my age before my driving skills diminish to a dangerous level. I look forward to crawling into the back seat and telling Alexa to drive me to the Opium Den.

troubledwaters wrote:

Planning wrote:
How about:

mandatory behind the wheel testing (in conjunction with eye and knowledge testing) for anyone above age "X",...

and also for anyone involved in an injury-producing traffic collision or a history of 2 or more minor traffic collisions in a two year time period?

How would that be unreasonable?

So how about we make that x = 16, not what do you think of the idea?

No problem for me whatsoever. Those that can, do.

And if I cannot pass it, I do not belong on the road, regardless of age. Performance talks, everything else, including BS, walks.

Planning wrote:
How about:

mandatory behind the wheel testing (in conjunction with eye and knowledge testing) for anyone above age "X",...

and also for anyone involved in an injury-producing traffic collision or a history of 2 or more minor traffic collisions in a two year time period?

How would that be unreasonable?

So how about we make that x = 16, not what do you think of the idea?