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EU wants over 70s to prove they can still drive every five years (www.brusselstimes.com)

submitted 2 years ago by CAVOK@lemmy.world to c/europe@feddit.de

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The European Union wants elderly people (70+) to undergo medical tests from now on to prove that they are still capable of driving a car every five years. However, the proposal has been met with a lot of criticism.

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[–] eggshappedegg@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Should be every two years really. Then how about every 5 years for everybody else.

[–] DzikiMarian@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 2 years ago

Exactly what do you expect to affect most of the people in their twenties or thirties in 5 years, that would justify this massive expense of time and money?

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 2 years ago (8 children)

I wish we could test for cognitive ability for voting access over 70.

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[–] RocksForBrains@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Good.

Normalize checking peoples cognitive abilities.

[–] canarin@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Provided age is not the trigger given that no proof has been provided supporting the age limit.

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