pavarotti1980
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What would you have recommended they do?
Three dead after caravan travels wrong way
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AlpineExile
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Well I wouldn't want to preempt the Independent Office for Police Conduct, but it appears that they failed to spot that there could be a problem with the driver didn't they?
pavarotti1980
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Should they confiscate everyones license who has been involved in a non-injury collision?
Which problem was that then? That he hit a car?
AlpineExile
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Police officers are supposed to be trained to spot things and to assess situations.
pavarotti1980
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And what would they have spotted here exactly? And also what powers would they have to "do something"?
Makem57
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That happens a lot, and not all over 60
Tongey
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Every car should be limited to 70, after all there is no legal need to go over that. Anyone found to have removed the limiter gets fined. That way only emergency service vehicles etc dont have them.
Don't be a stupid arrogant arsehole. I've just turned 60 and my driving is safe. I recognise that my reactions and quite possibly my decision making are not as quick as they used to be so I have modified my driving accordingly. I no longer drive as competitively as I used to and have a very philosophical attitude to other drivers' occasional stupidity. If you're between 18 and 25 I'm statistically probably a better driver than you due to my greater experience and knowledge of other drivers' likely behaviour and therefore I am able to predict situations before they occur. This is why older drivers have cheaper insurance.
So there, young'un! (If you are a young'un. Obviously to me you are
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You would have thought that these days it would be easy to set up some sort of simulator test which would tests things such as reaction/judgement and combine that with test of road understanding etc. No real need for a full test and it could be repeated reliably and tested regularly at relatively low cost. So maybe do it once a year once you reach retirement age - pass and you keep your licence, fail and you lose it and have to do a full re-test to qualify again?
ajthemackem
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Good few years ago now I saw a terrified Chinese bloke haring the wrong way around the Barnes roundabout in a red Ford Popular.
Tadger
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Your oriental is well known to be a shit driver though isn’t he.
Thankfully the old fella driving the wrong way and his wife are dead. Poor fella who they crashed into, tragedy.
How someone in his 80s is allowed to drive I have no clue.
How someone in his 80s is allowed to drive I have no clue.
If he’d been doing 45 in a 40 though they’d have sorted him out.
ajthemackem
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I couldn't possibly comment.
richyrich
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Stupid? Arrogant?
You're the one that thinks, at 60, he's as safe a driver he's ever been. If that's not stupid and arrogant then idk what is.
ajthemackem
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My Granda's 86 and still drives like. Drives the same car the owld fella crashed in the story too, oddly enough.
He doesn't drive a great deal like, just to run folk about here and there as required.
little e
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Come on then, give us a clue, how old are you that you have so much worldly knowledge and what is your field of expertise when it comes to defining who at any age is fit to drive
richyrich
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I love how all the over 60's are getting angry and throwing insults. It says a lot about your mental state when your first instinct is to get angry. This is exactly why you shouldn't be on the road without extensive tests.
little e
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Nothing angry in my post and no insults either just a plain simple question that you've tried to avoid
richyrich
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Aye because my age alone is a clear indication of your ability to drive.
You can't even use logical reasoning when posting on a football forum man, how the fuck am I to trust you with a 2-ton motor vehicle traveling at 100mph?
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