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People of London: Should older people re-take driving tests?
National World - LocalTV
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01/05/2025
The question comes after a rise in road accidents.
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I'm not allowed to drive because I've got a medical condition and I think that's quite reasonable.
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I think it's difficult, like having autonomy is really important for older people,
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to lose their independence. You don't want people housebound, but you also don't want
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like dangerous drivers on the road. I would actually, yeah. I speak from a wee bit of
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experience in that my grandfather, who was 97 when he died a couple of years ago, he was from
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a period where he basically never needed to do a test. He just needed to have the money
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and willingness to get a car. So he got a car when he was in his 20s or 30s and
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that didn't require a test and he got a license just by filling a form in.
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I don't think having more regular testing when you go over a certain age is unreasonable.
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I don't know how regular it would have to be and I appreciate that older people may have
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different rates at which they might need to be retested.
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