"This is pure age discrimination. They cannot provide any evidence or figures to show that drivers aged 70 and over would be more often involved in accidents."

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.

  • Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Experience does not take new laws and infrastructure changes into account, I know plenty of 40-50 year olds who clearly are not up to date on regulations.