They say its because they are the safest drivers but I mean. Maybe that is because of the yearly test they have to do. They are still requiring the vision test.

Yep there should be more road testing required as you get older, required for renewals every 5 or 10 years after age 60

While I want to agree because I expect I’d pass the test, this would further burden a system that is already wildly underfunded and understaffed. You think wait times are bad now? Imagine how bad it would be if every single driver had to retake their test, instead of just signing a form saying their info was up-to-date. Wait times for a simple license renewal would be measured in months instead of hours.

Boomers still getting everything they want and more

According to the article, they bumped up the age for the driving test to 87. Drivers 79 to 86 just have to renew in person and take a vision test.

As for the deeper why, I think its pretty complex, but the short answer is probably that it's easier and cheaper for governance. I imagine it's simpler to throw the book at a driver after they mow down a kindergarten classroom than to navigate journalist interviews about why people of a certain age are having more trouble surviving because of a thing the government did to them.

Some alternatives would include increasing driving standards and having periodic tests, investing in public transportation so people aren't effectively trapped if they lose the ability to drive, funding more social outreach programs for those who can't drive, etc.

It's all just time and money that governments don't want to spend because it could be career suicide if their politician's donors don't like the resultant taxes. That little fact is the root of a lot more and bigger issues than just dangerous drivers.

I looked up Illinois' most recent crash stattistics and found that 75 and older had some of the lowest crash rates, about 3x less crashes than 18-19 year olds, even with about 2.5 times more licensed drivers in the 75+ age bracket.

Please stop sending traffic to CBS. They cancelled Colbert and are actively sabotaging 60 Minutes trying to turn it into a state propaganda machine.

To this point, I was wondering does anyone know a way in Lemmy so simply auto-block any stories posted from CBS news at the user level? I'm not asking for a community wide ban as we should each be able to make our own choices, but I'm personally not interested in giving CBS any traffic.

My friend in high school actually failed the driving test for “being too cautious”, you’re still a hazard for other drivers if you’re going too slow too.