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 3 weeks ago
personally i think everyone should be required to retake a driving test every 10 years
Milk_Sheikh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks 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.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You guys are retaking driver’s tests?
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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.
aceshigh@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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.
qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
I think driving tests should be abolished, 30h of driving lessons will not teach you how to drive, it will at best teach you how to pass the test. You only actually learn how to drive properly after passing the test by driving by yourself, so the driving test proves nothing, it only gives you a false impression of your own abilities.
And to the people who disagree; how many idiots with licenses are on the road? How many idiots with suspended licenses are on the road? How many idiots without licenses are on the road? Did the law stop them? No. Because it’s a classic example of a law that only affects the people who didn’t need to be told to behave in the first place; and all of those who it should apply to the most will just ignore it. As it stands this law only further disenfranchises low income families by adding extra cost to their children’s path to adulthood and provides minimal to negative safety benefit.
blackn1ght@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
The driving test proves you can competently drive to a safe standard. I agree that you learn more through experience, but first you need to be able to drive to a particular standard before being allowed to drive on your own.
What’s the alternative if there’s no test? You just allow anyone who reaches the driving age to get in a car and drive on their own?
gurnu@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Not surprised some crypto bro wants less regulations. Can’t spam your scam sites enough, huh? Want to advertise game account resellers, gambling sites, scam phone number sellers too much?
andros_rex@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I failed my first drivers test because my car had stickers for democrat candidates on it.
It’s kinda amazing how much leeway they have.