Driving test

[Brian Ellis]

Did she pass her driving test?

[Technoid]

I hope not

[Gurm]

Sadly, she will most likely be given another chance to take the test and while that's pending she probably gets to keep her license.

It's one of the most horrifyingly broken things about the American driving/licensing system.

I am NOT ageist. But I do believe in mandatory (and stringent) retesting for high-risk groups. That includes teenagers, the elderly, the handicapped, the mentally challenged, etc.

My great-aunt kept getting her license renewed. When she was 94, she got her license renewed until she was nearly 100! The next day, she RAN HERSELF OVER. (Yes, it's possible - leave car in gear, open door, take foot off brake whilst stepping out of car...) And yet, they LET HER KEEP HER LICENSE. Her kids took it away from her after that, but she kept trying to drive anyway so they had to sell the car.

My friend's grandmother kept getting her license renewed even though she had CRIPPLING alzheimer's and couldn't control her own movements/bowels. But in her moments of "semi-lucidity", where she knew who she was but not where/when, she would grab the keys she had hidden and dart out of the house, fire up the car, and take off! If the car wasn't there she'd get violent, so they had to pull the wires from the plugs to keep her "grounded".

Both of these women DIED with valid licenses.

[Elie]

She should not be allowed to drive for the remainder of her life!!

Driving is a privelage, not a right!!!!

[agallag]

Just like how there should be a separate "Winter License" in any location that gets snow, with appropriate mandatory training and testing. If there's snow on the road, you can't drive without one.

Just because you can parallel park on a sunny summer day, doesn't mean you know how to handle a 16 lane freeway or twisty mountain road in a snowstorm.