Whether senior citizens should recapture the driver’s trial is a really interesting and controversial topic. Although many people feel that singling out a peculiar group for particular intervention is prejudiced. I believe this is outweighed by the safety issues involved.

Aged people are notoriously hapless drivers. and have a disproportional figure of accidents. With the exclusion of really new drivers. as a group aged people have the highest accident rate. One ground why this may be so is that older people by and large received their licences decennaries ago. and are perchance non cognizant of the new traffic Torahs. However. this is likely non the major factor. It is more likely that seniors are less competent drivers because of their lessened sensory capacity and slower treating velocity.

Hearing and vision tend to go less crisp with age. and as a consequence older people might non see objects in their way. or hear warning horns. Furthermore. their physiological reactions tend to be slower. That is. even if they do hear or see unsafe objects. their slower reaction clip might forestall them from reacting in clip to avoid the danger. In add-on. aged drivers ( possibly in an effort to counterbalance for the above ) tend to drive excessively easy. frequently well slower than the posted velocity bound. Their inordinate cautiousness and slow gait tends to annoy other drivers. who may sheer or respond angrily. which may increase the possibility of accidents.

I believe that all senior citizens should recapture the full drive trial including the vision. written and route trials after they reach age 65 and every three old ages thenceforth. Should they neglect. I believe their licences should be revoked. They should be allowed to take driver’s instruction categories. but they should non be permitted to drive until they are able to go through the impulsive trial. Hopefully this proposal will extinguish many of the careless accident-prone drivers. and diminish the figure of motor vehicle hurts and deceases.