Originally posted by TrekRider
The same could be said of young drivers. I have had more close calls with teens yakking with their friends, changing CD's, eating burgers, and generally not paying attention than I have with older drivers.
So have I for that matter, and I've had still more problems with middle-aged men in pick-up trucks (that is not a generalisation, that is a solid fact!). For that reason, I ask why wait until someone is 65 or whatever to start re-testing their suitability to be holding a licence. Why not re-test them sooner?
If I got a licence tomorrow and didn't drive for 20 years, I'd hardly have the skills necessary to operate a motor vehicle appropriately - yet because I wouldn't be 65, hardly anyone would make an issue of it. I say mandatory re-testing from the time someone first gets a licence.
Remember, age is not the only issue.