You asked me why I liked Idea A more than Idea B and I told you.

No, I didn’t. I asked “What does the driving portion demonstrate outside of the drivers ability to properly drive under specific, controlled circumstances?”.

You replied specifically referencing the elderly and vision and reaction concerns.

Which is why I asked “Then why do it at every 10 years instead of when the applicant hits a certain age threshold?”

Then you replied with “I don’t know”, routine verification, and saving lives, but that’s not supported by the data and, similar to gun control, a written AND practical test every year only burdens law abiding drivers because not having a valid license doesn’t actually prevent anyone from driving.

Now you’ve just written me a lengthy reply about why Idea B is actually bad and expecting me to defend it.

I don’t think a practical driving test is bad. I’m just unclear why you think every 10 years makes sense, especially when your concern seems to be elderly drivers. That’s why I asked “Then why do it at every 10 years instead of when the applicant hits a certain age threshold?” which you seemed to struggle to answer.

You are being weirdly aggressive about a strawman and it’s extremely offputting. Please don’t do that.

Where am I being aggressive? By asking questions to understand what logic and information was used to arrive at “a written and practical test every 10 years”? These are pretty basic questions a logic based and data driven solution should answer.

What strawman? Where did I misrepresents or distort your argument for “a written and practical test every 10 years”?

I truly wouldn’t care if your idea became the law tomorrow but I would still have all the same questions.

We have new drivers in Minnesota currently that have to book practical driving tests months in advance or go way out state just to get in. If everyone had to do the practical to renew the burden on the examiners and DVS would skyrocket.

The public testing centers for practical driving tests are not as prevalent as regular licensing centers that just process paperwork here either. This adds a burden to people, especially lower income, who would now have to travel further and take more time missing work just to renew their license.