Drivers License Testing

We all have seen that one car that looks like it is almost parked in the road going 20 in a 55, and passing them, most of the time we see an elder that looks like they’re falling asleep at the wheel or squinting looking like they can’t see the road. Look, i’m all for elders having the freedom to still drive around to run their everyday errands, but i’m not thrilled about how many people have been killed based off of this predicament. This is why i believe that elders over the age of 75 should have to retake their drivers’ license test every 4 years and pass to have the privilege to keep their license.

It blows my mind that only 1 state in the U.S. requires elders over the age of 75 to retake their drivers’ license test every 4 years and pass to keep their …show more content…
Judgement decreases as age increases. Mental disorders also cause poor reasoning and judgement. According to Geriatric Statistics, on average, elders over the age of 75 have two to three medical conditions, some as many as ten to twelve. And what do we take to lessen, or help these medical conditions? MEDICATIONS. This leads me to my next point. According to the ASCP (american society of consultant pharmacists), studies show that more than one-third of prescription drugs in the US are taken by elderly patients, and the average elderly patient is taking more than 6 prescription medications every day, with 45% of these medications being ones that you’re not supposed to be driving while taking them.

If we had a law that made it so we had only elders over the age of 75 that still drove well, we would have less fatal accidents and the drivers that are still good enough to drive would be able to keep their freedom of driving. Driving is a privilege and shouldn’t be taken lightly when deciding who should be able to drive or not. Our goal should not to be getting elders off the road, but to have them on the road only if they’re safe to