Why Isn't There a Second Road Test?

Forget old people, what about the idiot teenagers and people who talk on the phone nonstop.
 


SUP3RNOVA said:
I'm sure many people have asked that question before, and I haven't looked into it, but why aren't old people retested to keep their license valid? If we require young people to posses the skill to parallel park, why don't require the same from old people who's senses and motor skills are severely deteriorating? It seems to be beyond common sense to me.

I personally think that once you hit a certain age, you should be routinely tested. Like from 60-80, once every 5 years. 80+, once every two years. 100+, fuck it, you deserve to do whatever the fuck you want.
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Second? Why the fuck isn't there a real first road test.

Dude, that is the true mystery here.
 
I believe it is an age discrimination issue as some people already mentioned.

My grandfather told me that he just bought his drivers license at Sears for $0.25 way back and never had to take any road test.
 
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I'd say retesting every 5 years between 60 & 80 isn't enough. After 65, yearly.
 
GerardWon said:
Second? Why the fuck isn't there a real first road test.

Dude, that is the true mystery here.
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Thinking about it, that's true in the US. I got my first license when I was 16, and living in Texas. Never had to sit in a car a single time before they handed me over a license, and sent me screaming down the freeway at 80mph. :)

It was a joke. You just had to pass this driver's ed program, that was an hour after school for a few weeks. Their biggest test / learning experience was a bloody ATCO trailer they fitted with a projection screen, and a bunch of seats done up with a steering wheel and pedals. There's about 30 of us in this trailer, driving along with the projector screen video game.

After doing ok on that, apparently, we were ready to shoot out onto the freeway with our own cars. :)
 
Netphase said:
I believe it is an age discrimination issue as some people already mentioned.

My grandfather told me that he just bought his drivers license at Sears for $0.25 way back and never had to take any road test.
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My grandma learned to drive when she was 11 and her dad broke his arm (stick shifts) and she had to drive him around all summer. Something about putting boxes her her feet so she could reach the pedals.
 
I don't like the idea of senile drivers with poor reaction times and decreased levels of alertness on the road at all...but I REALLY don't like the idea of further governmental regulation as far as driving is concerned. The notion that driving is a privilege, as opposed to a right, is a very dangerous one.
 
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