"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.

  • brainrein@feddit.deEnglish
    17·
    1 year ago

    Here in Germany your insurance fee goes down every year you don’t cause an accident. But if you cause an accident it will go up again.

    • Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Yeah we have thst in the UK but im not aware of the amount thar it has contributed to reducing colissions and deaths.

      People can have crashes and avoid increasing their insurance by not informing the insurer and working our the costs between the two people involved in the accident.

      I was hit by someone speeding out of a side road once and they didnt have insurance as it was a company car that belonged to their dad.

      I didnt claim as the damage to my car was minimal and the car was a 15 year old POS anyway. I just kept it running until it died of natural causes and kept my lower insurance cost safe :)