motocat12 Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 http://news.yahoo.com/state-trooper-dragged-several-miles-motorcycle-struck-172827036.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 Mandatory annual driver fitness evaluations for everyone over 65. Please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruit Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 Mandatory annual driver fitness evaluations for everyone over 65.Please What source of information do you have that identifies the driver as being unfit to drive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anden Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 The 72-year-old driver entered the freeway and drove north. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolsdime92 Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 The 72-year-old driver entered the freeway and drove north. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magley64 Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 (edited) How about a more stringent driver's exam for everyone every renewal? There are plenty of shitty drivers in every age group. Edited August 29, 2015 by magley64 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zx3vfr Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 IMO, the worst drivers are females mid 30s to mid 40s with kids packed in the back of mini vans. Then males 16-29. Male hemisphere of the brain for judgement is not fully developed until about 30.Then the elderly. I fully support written exams upon renewal every 10 years until 60, then 65-75 a written and physical driving exam evry 5 and after 75 biyearly written and physical driving exams. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jschaf Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Mandatory annual driver fitness evaluations for everyone over 65. PleaseGlass houses & such, Andy. Need I elaborate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 I'm perfectly willing to submit to driving exams after I hit 65. You've still got a year or two left right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jschaf Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 65 is pretty arbitrary. Why not really teach people proper driving skills & have more stringent testing from the start. Why let someone drive poorly for almost 40 years before weeding them out. I see bad drivers of all ages everyday as a result of our "everybody gets the certificate" system. Flatten any pickup truck tires lately? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 Not lately, been concentrating on playing in hayfields. Your CBR was looking pretty nice last time I saw you, did you get new fairings for some reason? (I'm also in favor of more stringent testing and [maybe] graduated licensing from the outset.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jschaf Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 You might want to get your vision checked Andy. Same old rat fairings beat up a couple years ago at the track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 I just did today. "Fit to drive", at least according to the BMV. Not saying much apparently ;p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpentracer Posted September 10, 2015 Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 (edited) no they need to make you take the full driving and "written" tests every time you renew. I mean next time you come to a stop light when the power is out observe how many people A. run it without slowing downB. don't know who's turn is next. the basics, 75% of people don't know the basics. Edited September 10, 2015 by serpentracer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motocat12 Posted September 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 But how do we stop unlicensed/uninsured left for dead Hit and Runs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyDuty Posted September 11, 2015 Report Share Posted September 11, 2015 You would think with today video game technology it would be easy to come up with a 10 minute video test everyone would have to take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what Posted September 11, 2015 Report Share Posted September 11, 2015 Point is the driver education in the U.S. is severely lacking in almost all aspects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodninja420 Posted September 12, 2015 Report Share Posted September 12, 2015 Point is the driver education in the U.S. is severely lacking in almost all aspects.The education is poor but the problem goes deeper than that. It's our driving "culture" for lack of a better word. US drivers are ignorant, apathetic, and inattentive. Norms that are universally followed is the rest of the world may as well not exist here. Slow driving in the left highway lane is the most egregious example. Germany and France don't have that problem. The Midwest is even worse than most of the rest of the US. Which I attribute to the same cause the results in fat lazy pieces of shit being over represented in the Midwest, whatever that may be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpentracer Posted September 12, 2015 Report Share Posted September 12, 2015 Too many people think driving is a right not a privilege Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what Posted September 12, 2015 Report Share Posted September 12, 2015 The education is poor but the problem goes deeper than that. It's our driving "culture" for lack of a better word. US drivers are ignorant, apathetic, and inattentive.Norms that are universally followed is the rest of the world may as well not exist here. Slow driving in the left highway lane is the most egregious example. Germany and France don't have that problem.The Midwest is even worse than most of the rest of the US. Which I attribute to the same cause the results in fat lazy pieces of shit being over represented in the Midwest, whatever that may be. Education and culture can go pretty much hand-in-hand. When I went through driver's ed I remember it all being brainless memorization and multiple choice answers. I got very little actual driving instruction. Fortunately I grew up driving/riding all sorts of motorized vehicles and had old work trucks/ a '52 willys jeep to mess around in and learned a lot on my own off-road/on private land. People that never get that type of exposure are essentially given a license, a pat on the back and told "good luck". They develop bad habits over the years because nobody ever told them any differently and then things like the article posted in this thread happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motocat12 Posted September 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2015 If people had observational skills they'd see other drivers doing things right/wrong and follow suit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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