Should be every 2 years past age 60.
Sorry, for every 20 year old doing 90, there’s ten seniors wobbling between 2 lanes in a giant SUV about to do a double lane change in the opposite direction of their blinker that’s been on since they left their driveway.
Ive always found it bonkers that young drivers with the sharpest reflexes are punished to the maximum from insurance to rental car rates while no one dares punitive action against people who literally lack the faculties to drive safely if they wanted to.
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 12 hours ago
personally i think everyone should be required to retake a driving test every 10 years
Milk_Sheikh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 hours ago
And not just as a refresher/competency test! It should also be a chance to educate on updates like legislation that get passed, safety information and tips as research improves, and new traffic controls like double diamonds or roundabouts that weren’t in use when people learned to drive in their youth.
But at a minimum you should have to re-validate that you are a competent and safe driver every decade or so, agreed.
aceshigh@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
As someone who learned to drive in 2 weeks and then passed the test 20+ years ago it’s kind of bonkers that I can get into a car and start driving rn. I haven’t driven since passing the test. I have no idea what many of the signs mean.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
You guys are retaking driver’s tests?
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 12 hours ago
that's what i mean. i think they should be required to retake it. it's wild that you only do it once as a teenager.
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 11 hours ago
What’s the frequency for forklift/crane certificates or similar? Driving a car should be regulated similarly (with the proviso that it is accepted that many blameless people will be found unfit to drive, and society should accommodate them by means other than lowering safety standards).
GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
My work just had the warehouse driver show me the controls and move a couple of pallets. Now i’m forklift certified.
frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 hours ago
Forklift certs last for 3 years, but the test isn’t much. You take a quiz (can be all done online), and then someone at your workplace who is a certified instructor gives you some pointers.
I wouldn’t base car licensing around that. It’s almost nothing.