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04-20-12 | 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Suburban

This is a very general thing. You'll still see variations from person to person. Similar issues exist at the other end of the scale for elderly drivers. You really need to look at people on a case by case basis as people mature/age at different rates. If you are a legal adult at 18, you should be given full rights and responsibilities of an adult at 18. Unless we're going to look at a rough study the decline in brains in the elderly and make broad laws for all people over a certain age and decide they shouldn't drive.

Sometimes you have to use averages and statistically the information that Roody is providing is correct. Yes they need to look at individuals, but who is going to pay for the cost? Not me as a taxpayer, driving is supposed to be a privilege, so let the individual pay for their assessment, but then you open up a whole new opportunity to scam the system.

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