Have you ever failed a test so bad you made the news
this post was submitted on 11 Nov 2024
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That's like in school when you did so bad that you get your test back face down with a disappointment head shake
If you‘re 97 it’s ok that you aren’t as good in unterstanding your surroundings anymore. Also its alright that your reactions are slow and your vision being restricted. Seriously all of that is fine…
You just need to unterstand that at some point you can’t drive yourself anymore.
I feel the need to add something here. We need public transport for the elderly. My toddler almost got killed by an elderly woman trying her new e-bike for the first time today. She said she's learning to ride because it's the only way she can get around. Those fuckers are dangerous too, like a motorcycle on bike / walking paths. She acted all a victim after almost running over a 3 year old, I nearly just took to bike from her.
She's 97 and made 10 times too many errors the first time, and over 6 times too many errors the second time. This is exactly why we need ongoing driver education and qualification
As a terrible driver, I agree. We need ongoing driver's ed
Not to mention that the rules change all the time, and only a tiny proportion of drivers stays up to date.
I didn't know the rules change
The Ontario Highway Traffic Act, for example, gets about 6 updates per year.
The only reason driver competence isn’t reassessed with road tests every few years is because the overwhelming majority of drivers are afraid they would fail, so they loudly fight any attempt to rein this in.
Holy fuck, some guy watched me drive for 20 minutes TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO and that’s considered sufficient for me to drive until I’m 80. Regardless of driving record, collision repairs, and any number of things that scream “look into this guy”, the government thinks everything is fine.
I think the standards to be allowed to pilot a 1-2 ton fucking missile should be much higher than they are.
i think a lack of good public transportation might also be a problem here. if the only viable way to get around is with a car, then stakes of failing a driving test are much higher.
in my opinion, after establishing a very solid public transportation infrastructure, the next step should be to making it harder to get and maintain a driving license. force people to retake the test every 2 years, or every time they get any kind of traffic violation. and make the test harder to pass. the goal would be to make it annoying enough that most people would realize they don’t really need a car. and if people really do need a car, then they’d be much more incentivized to drive responsibly.
Online Written test every year, in person written test every 2 years (the laws do change after all).
Road test every 4-5 years.
Bingo on the violations. In person written test for any infraction, road test for any infraction involving points.
People that old don't even understand their environment, or what's going on around them. To her, I'm sure she led a perfectly respectable driving test, and is unsure why she's being denied.
Must be the doing of (insert group of people you hate here).
They should strap a gopro to your car during the driving test so they can review the footage if you're that bad.
My son went for his driver's licence a little over a year ago. The examiner recorded the test on an iPad and showed me snippets afterwards of things he had to work on for his next attempt.
That's really cool actually. Useable real works feed back. I'm lucky enough to have passed my first time but no way that asshole would have helped. He tried to ding me for tinted windows, the guy at their own shop called him out on that