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Horrific. Very fortunate that there weren't any fatalities.

Can't wait to hear the excuse explaining this one.

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[–] Kiwi 15 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Everyone should have to retest for their driving license every 5 years. I let mine lapse during COVID and had to retest, it wasn’t a pain, I learned some stuff I had forgotten, and moved on. It would filter out a large portion of the population who shouldn’t still be allowed to drive. It’s a skill that fades and rules change, especially over a persons lifetime

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Nah, probably 10 years until ~70 years old, and make it a driving test. Written tests are largely a waste of time, because there's a huge difference between knowing something and actually doing that thing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

5 years under 60.
Then 63, 66, 68.
Then yearly after 70.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Certainly one way to promote improvements public transport in the US I suppose

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Where I live a licence lasts 5 years. I have said we should to do a road test every time you renew. It already lasts two years when you first get it, then five thereafter. I say every time your renew you redo the written and road tests.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

One of my grandparents got his license in the early 1940s and only stopped driving in 2019. People still had horses on the road in the early 1940s. For ages he didn't own a car and just drove his tractor everywhere. It was a different world.