I’m sure 80% of all drivers could not pass a road test, myself included, because those road tests are full of massive bullshit from testers with inflated egos.
I still remember the shit they tried to tell me I did wrong. One asshole tester said that I wasn’t aware of the speed limits because… I should know that road X was in a commercial zone and all commercial zones are 60, and that driving 40 by the school was wrong because it’s the only school in the city without a 40 speed limit.
The testers are generally incompetent so them wanting to introduce more road testing seems like a bad idea.
Sounds more like it’s an area that needs much heavier regulations and scrutiny. Time to make it the public system it should be.
Why, though? According to Stats Canada, those who are 65+ don’t cause as many accidents as some lower age demographics.
The same stats also suggest that “speed, impaired, environmental, and distraction” are the top causes for fatal collisions, so why not focus on improving/enforcing those factors?
It might be better to simply retest anyone who’s been fined for speeding, impaired, etc., and/or have been in a collision. At least then they’d need to prove that they are still capable of being allowed back on the road.
Between the ages 65 and 80 can have a huge decline in people’s mental and physical health. I would like to see crash states for people 80+
Me too, but the numbers are likely so small that stats Canada has to lump everything into 65+.
See, old people don’t generally speed or drive recklessly, so they probably aren’t causing many fatal accidents. In fact, people get pissed off with older drivers because they drive so slow. 😂
I’d love to know how many 80+ drivers we have in ontario, because the population over 80 is pretty small.
They should force a retest for everybody every time they need to renew their license. What’s the point of the license expiring, otherwise? It’s just a Pay2Play system in its current form.