Wrinklies are past it!

[Sorastro]

Anyone else see the news this morning ? A possible "law" being brought in to basically FORCE drivers 70 and over to surrender their licences, working on the principle that most accidents are caused by O.A.P's. so as soon as you hit 70 your obviously gaga, ergo you are a danger.

ANY half decent drivers out there {of any age} reading this don't need me to explain the absurdity of this drivel {if true of course} so I won't, all I will say is if this is coming from the Department of Transport these are the people who dreamt up H.S.2, and these are the people that are forcing us to use "smart" motorways throughout the country.

[Fly]

There's plenty of over 70's perfectly capable of driving IMHO.
Just another stupid government idea as per usual!

[smithy266]

It's the youngsters who need testing more...I am sure they are responsible for far more accidents than we  wrinklies..

[Alsatian]

The thing is, we wrinklies (I've just had to renew my licence as I'm 70) were taught in an age when we knew that you had to earn the right to hold a licence by driving to a required standard. Nowadays young 'uns take it as a god given right.
Also we drive to the traffic and weather conditions and adjust speed and braking distances accordingly.
I could go on, but I know I'm preaching to the converted!

On a similar topic:

I mentioned about renewing my licence, I applied online and now have lost my entitlement to drive C1 class (passed my test 5/11/1970 {10:45am}) how come I can remember this, but not what I went upstairs for? This means I can now only drive up to 3.5 tons, I recently bought a motorhome so figure this...

I can buy a motorhome plated at 3.75 tons, get it down plated to 3.5 tons and drive it. I know that by down plating it, I've reduced my payload by 0.25 ton, but it's still the same van in terms of power and dimensions etc? It doesn't make sense to me.

[Sorastro]

Just read your post Alsatian and having had a look at my "new" licence C1 is missing off mine too.

Looked it up and I could get it back if I have a medical, usually known as a motor home medical, but seeing as how I don't own a motor home and I won't be driving large lorries any time soon I'll be happy just to tootle about in my Ford Fiesta.