Originally posted by DnvrFox
Raiyn - did you read the article? Yes I did.
It specifically said the exact opposite of what you are proposing. Please read the following quotes:
"Most important, we must dismiss the notion of a single, simple solution. Elder driving cannot be viewed in a vacuum - nor can the lack of concrete action taken to address the issue. So let's sit on or hands and hope they don't kill anyone because the AARP is going to lobby against a test that might save lives
Publicize the warning signs of diminished road competence for aging drivers so they and their families can better identify them and take action before tragedies occur. Families can't suspend a Driver's License or even lawfully prevent someone (who is legally unimpaired ie: not drunk etc) from driving without legal action.
Increase physician education about medical conditions that can impair older patients' driving skills. Though it could strain doctor-patient trust, physicians should be required to refer seniors for further evaluation when a clear risk to personal and public health exists Gee I didn't dispute that at all - must mean I think it's a good idea. 
Along with a driving skills test
Develop comprehensive, objective, technologically sophisticated driver evaluations to replace simplistic vision and road tests. Given the tremendous variation between individuals and degree of impairment, it should not be age or diagnosis alone that determines whether drivers can keep their licenses." No kidding a practical road test would be a valid point of consideration
I know that to some of our younger subscribers and participants, 65 seems ancient. All about you I am 64, have excellent vision and hearing, fast reflexes, can ride a bike 100 miles in a day, have never caused an accident in 52 years of driving - I have had only two tickets in my life - the last one in 1977 for being in a 4:00 pm bus lane at 4:01 (my watch was slow - this was a "trap" with 3 police cars pulling folks over) and the other at age 21 (1960) for going through a stop sign at 3 miles per hour. I drive over 20,000 miles per year.
I have taken three different "defensive driving courses" and special courses about how to drive a fire truck (something I used to do).Great so you might actually PASS a test of those skills. Right?
Yes, there are some folks my age, and a LOT of folks about 21 - 25, who need to have driver's tests and education. Ya think? But, this can not be based upon an attained age. Again I suggested it it for all ages with decreased intervals for those over 65 It has to be based upon driving record, and other kinds of criteria as suggested in the article that apparently you missed. Oh I'm sorry I must have missed it in the sugar coating
Did you actually read what I had to say?
The "over 65 test"?
That's easy to explain every two years. If you're under 65 every time you get your license renewed. I didn't say what kind of test and could really give a crap about how old anyone here is or what kind of training they've received. You pass you drive; you don't pass you don't drive.
What does the 82 year old Q-tip have to do with a test for those over 65?
She damn sure wouldn't have passed it the way she was driving.
Why the "magic number of 65?
It's also the commonly accepted age when people enter the "elderly" status. . I could honestly give a flying (expletive deleted) how old you are if you can't pass a test or are afraid of taking it then get off the road. It seems to me that the only thing you got going on in your life is the fact that you're nearly the age when people feel they have a right to start b!tch!ng about "senior discounts" and complaining that the world is trying to till them under if they don't get the world handed to them on a silver platter. God forbid someone says something disparaging about a "person of advancing age" (like that PC garbage do ya?) even if it is the truth. As one ages their reflexes diminish, mental capacities decrease, physical strength begins to wane etc etc. So why is it so unreasonable to suggest that over age 65 (again the supposed "senior age mark") take the SAME test as a 20 year old only more often? Would you prefer that it be prorated somehow that the rules and laws be "softened" to protect members of the AARP? To this I say (censored)! Everyone passes the same test or they don't drive period REGARDLESS OF AGE.
This isn't the first time we've tangled on an issue where you got all offended over a supposedly evil age reference I've made. (Last time you got pissy with me because I called my mother an "older lady") You really need to get over yourself and stop thinking that everyone under 40 is out to get you. We're not we've got better things to do then plot against you. (I'll let you know when I think of one 
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On a personal side note:
With all do respect, In general I find your posts useful and sometimes insightful but I feel that whenever you go off on this "The world is against "people of advancing age" kick you really just end up polarizing the issue even more than what it is or needs to be.
Last edited by Raiyn; 06-12-07 at 05:35 PM.