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03-16-2010, 12:09 AM
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|  Doctors make recommendations to ease seniors off the road
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Two doctors have made a list of recommendations they say will help make the public safer by getting senior citizens to give up their drivers licence's and getting them off the road.
The two wrote an editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal and recommendations include a reverse graduate licensing program that would put conditions on seniors licence's, like limiting driving during peak hours and at night. They also say doctors need a better tool to determine who should and should not be driving.
Nathan Baker from Bestway Driver Training says right now it's usually family members helping make the decision. "Your father, or your mother, you're out with them and you're wondering if they're really up to snuff as far as their skills go and their safety goes. Of course just like we worry about our children we worry about our parents."
The two doctors add a seniors' right to drive shouldn't come before public safety adding that by 2025, one in four Canadians will be 65 or older.
The editorial also mentions governments and urban planners will have to do their part in creating programs that would fill the gap for those who do stop driving
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03-16-2010, 12:20 AM
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#2 | | I subscribe to Revscene
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ive always said old people shouldn't be allowed do drive, past 70-75 there licences should be taken away.
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03-16-2010, 12:47 AM
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i've been thinking since i got my license that people over 65 should be retested ever 2-3 years to make sure they can still drive.
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03-16-2010, 12:55 AM
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03-16-2010, 01:18 AM
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these 2 doctors are my heroes
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03-16-2010, 01:21 AM
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Originally Posted by DC5-S  ive always said old people shouldn't be allowed do drive, past 70-75 there licences should be taken away. | i think they should have a test... at the very least...
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03-16-2010, 04:51 AM
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#7 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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Good stuff take their licenses away or retest them if they still want to drive Posted via RS Mobile | |
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03-16-2010, 05:25 AM
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#8 | | I STILL don't get it
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excellent news
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03-16-2010, 06:10 AM
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its about fucken time
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03-16-2010, 07:01 AM
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#10 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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Everyone thinks it's a good idea till they turn 65 themselves and their license is taken away.
I'm all for getting more checkups when your older though to make sure they are still ok to drive...otherwise middleaged Chinese women should be stripped of their licenses as well...same logic, they can't drive right Posted via RS Mobile | |
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03-16-2010, 07:10 AM
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This sounds like a awesome idea now when we are young, but when we reach that age, we have to prepare to have our freedom taken away. But I am all for retesting!
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03-16-2010, 07:29 AM
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#12 | | I STILL don't get it
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I'm all for taking a test annually/bi-annually, not only does it endanger others, it would also endanger ME AND MY grand kids (when I take them out). If you are not fit to do something, you are not fit, there is nothing to whine about.
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03-16-2010, 07:35 AM
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While I agree with getting seniors off the road, this idea will never fly. It's age discrimination. They should just implement re-testing people every 5 - 10 years.
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03-16-2010, 08:28 AM
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I think people are a little harsh on that front. My mom is 64 and I would hate to see her have to retest for a drivers license at 65. I'm happy to re-examine that thinking at 75ish. Are older drivers really causing that many accidents?
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03-16-2010, 08:31 AM
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i wonder if we'll still be saying the same thing when we're all older
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03-16-2010, 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Gridlock I think people are a little harsh on that front. My mom is 64 and I would hate to see her have to retest for a drivers license at 65. I'm happy to re-examine that thinking at 75ish. Are older drivers really causing that many accidents? | its probably more than just accidents. Seniors tend to drive slower and are less aware of their surrounding.
But then again so are most incompetent vancouver drivers.
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03-16-2010, 08:44 AM
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03-16-2010, 08:48 AM
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take them off the road, along with those incompetent c-lais
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03-16-2010, 09:06 AM
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while i think it's an idea, it will never fly and plus with our public transportation system
Good fucking luck.
If this was in HKG, or somewhere with an amazing public transportation system. I'd say we make the testing and withholding license work.
Communities out in the boonies? Interiors? It will never fly and nor should it.
Once you put limitation on people, it's no democracy anymore.
Testing however, for things like eye sight and muscle disorders and not allowing them to drive. Totally agreement.
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03-16-2010, 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Presto While I agree with getting seniors off the road, this idea will never fly. It's age discrimination. They should just implement re-testing people every 5 - 10 years. | Most logical post of the thread! As much as I wouldnt want to be re-tested, it would be the only way to get around the discrimination part. Plus it may help get some poorer drivers off the road. Although I'm not sure how some people got their licences to begin with...could end up being the same with half the driving test people taking bribes?
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03-16-2010, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Presto While I agree with getting seniors off the road, this idea will never fly. It's age discrimination. They should just implement re-testing people every 5 - 10 years. | i disagree about the age discrimination. that's similar to saying flying schools discriminate people with poor eye sight.
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03-16-2010, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by twitchyzero i disagree about the age discrimination. that's similar to saying flying schools discriminate people with poor eye sight. | I don't agree with it either, but this is Canada, and the discrimination argument will shut down this idea quickly.
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03-16-2010, 11:48 AM
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mandatory testing for everyone every 5 years. i see no negative in this.
no discrimination, generates revenue, changes in traffic laws can be implemented more quickly, can be used to weed out those who are unfit to drive, keep everyone's skills in check
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03-16-2010, 12:10 PM
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^ only problem with this is that I find the tests aren't examining the proper things.
So it wouldn't matter how often tests there are.
People are taught to drive slow, not better.
It's a misconception of slow being safe.
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03-16-2010, 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by VK79 I'm all for taking a test annually/bi-annually, not only does it endanger others, it would also endanger ME AND MY grand kids (when I take them out). If you are not fit to do something, you are not fit, there is nothing to whine about. | lol, tell that to the Translink management
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