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

submitted 1 year 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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[–] FleetingTit@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, please make it happen! There was a subreddit called /r/RentnerFahrenInDinge (pensioners driving into things) that was full of new articles of elderly people being completely clueless in traffic.

[–] windowsphoneguy@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

!rentnerfahrenindinge@feddit.de done

[–] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I wish I would have known this back in May