In European Union (EU) countries, drivers over the age of 70 will soon have to prove their ability to drive.
According to a Brussels draft, the rules for driving in the European Union would be significantly tightened. In the future, all elderly people over 70 will have to prove that they are still fit to drive, and every five years. The news has been reported on several news portals for days, noting that with this measure, the European Union aims to ensure that there are no more fatal road accidents by 2050. In 2022, 20,600 people lost their lives in road traffic in the EU, and I want to halve this number by 2030.
Civilians. Info:
It's fine to tighten the eligibility of people over 70 to drive, but it's a bit incomprehensible why they only target the elderly with the strictures. According to reports, 40 percent of fatal road accidents in EU member states are caused by drivers under the age of 30. It can already be suspected that the deaths of people under 30 years old are not caused by the driving of people over 70 years old. Because if the EU thinkers were a part of everyday life, they would realize that the elderly drive more thoughtfully and calmly, and do not use the roads as a race track. Of course, loitering on the roads is also not appropriate in today's fast-paced world, but violent, aggressive speeding that does not spare people or cars is more typical of the under-50 age group, respect for the exception. That is why, in order to reduce fatal road accidents, those who ignore traffic rules should first be curbed. Even the proposal that new driver's license holders would have to complete a two-year probationary period during which they would not be able to drive alone will not help this. And then? Until then, he sees fearless racing in movies and in life, which he thinks will work for him too.
So, in addition to the rules of the road, it would be necessary to somehow figure out how to get people to practice cultured, polite pleasure driving, because driving also has its own beauty.
