Being able to continue driving is an important part of retaining your independence as you get older. It means you can more easily access work, health care and social and community activities.
The issue of deciding when older people present a danger on the roads and should stop driving is a difficult one, and one which is addressed very differently in various jurisdictions.
Is more frequent testing based on age justified? Or is this simply discrimination without more evidence of impaired ability to drive safely?
In the state of Victoria, Australia, reviews of older drivers are undertaken following reports from other people. Concerns have been raised about whether this is justified, and whether it operates in a discriminatory manner to disadvantage older people unfairly.
A survey has been undertaken by the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission, in
partnership with the Council on the Ageing Victoria (COTA), and a report on older drivers’ experiences in being unfairly
treated because of their age, together with recommendations for change has just been released. Read the full article on the Seniors Housing Online News page.
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I have read this report and am appalled. More Political Correctness gone wrong. Older people, which I am becoming, have to be more realistic about the difference between their perceived abilities and their actual abilities. Not to mention the effects of medications that people often do not realize they are experiencing.
Removing mandatory testing of older drivers is a recipe for disaster. Sure there are lots of people who are very capable who will prove this by passing tests. We need to put responsibility over egos.
We have a responsibility to allow the rest of society to live their lives, as we have, without us causing injury or death in accidents. And if that means taking Driving tests, so be it.
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