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The European Union wants elderly people (70+) to undergo medical tests from now on to prove that they are still capable of driving a car every five years. However, the proposal has been met with a lot of criticism.

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Ceuld never work in the U.S. where there is terrible public transit. People would just starve in their homes.

[โ€“] veganpizza69@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Should be every 2 years - for everyone with a license.

[โ€“] JesusChrist@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That seems expensive to enforce. It would make more sense for people to be tested every 10 years till age 68, every 5 years till age 78, then every two years after that.

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[โ€“] Novman@feddit.it -1 points 1 year ago

The retiring age will be 70, we have an huge gap between young and old generation numbers and now this. A lot of old people in the future will need to work and/or will be have little safety net. Think about that.

[โ€“] Etterra@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only every 5? JFC remind me to never go anywhere near European roads.

[โ€“] Ooops@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Sure.... those stupid Europeans and their lacking road safety. Oh, wait...

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