compare the overall number in those younger age groups, probably many millions, compare that with the numbers of drivers over 70, how many? I've no idea,nowhere near the number in their 20s / 30s but yet they involved in a LOT of fatal accidents.
I rather think there are many more drivers in their 70s than you might imagine @Hostafan1, given the lack of decent public transport and the decades in which they have been used to the independence of their own vehicle. I certainly won't be giving up driving when I hit 70 and I have a good safety record, as does OH.
Youngsters, on the other hand, have to find the funds to pay for driving lessons, test, insurance and a car which is not so easy and they're more likely to be driving cheap bangers with fewer safety features and have less experience of adapting to driving conditions be they related to weather, road conditions or traffic density.
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.I'd say, the younger the driver, the more speed, the greater the impact, the more chance of a fatal accident. But what do I know?
I was thinking more of the stupid driving where other cars are forced to take evasive action to avoid young idiots with no patience. The young driver is the cause of an accident but not caught up in it. I will add that I know stupid driving isn't limited to younger drivers.
I rather think there are many more drivers in their 70s than you might imagine @Hostafan1, given the lack of decent public transport and the decades in which they have been used to the independence of their own vehicle. I certainly won't be giving up driving when I hit 70 and I have a good safety record, as does OH.
Youngsters, on the other hand, have to find the funds to pay for driving lessons, test, insurance and a car which is not so easy and they're more likely to be driving cheap bangers with fewer safety features and have less experience of adapting to driving conditions be they related to weather, road conditions or traffic density.
I'm now in the over 70's group, have been driving since 1973 and in that time have had one accident at fault. That was low speed, copping somebody in the rear at a roundabout. Even that was about 30 years ago.
I also think allowing someone to cross the road,any old place apart from a crossing is ridiculous. We've had an awful lot of cars, just jamb their brakes on to let people cross the road. Luckily, neither of us drive right up people's bums. Don't even get me started on young kids some around 10,riding electric scooters on the pavements. A friend who lives in Suffolk,posted on FB about them, she got such abuse.she should "shut the f*** up",get a life,etc etc. Her old man has various cancers, stroke,heart attack,had to walk with a Zimmer frame around their village. Well,he's now refused to go for walks. He's now got a mobility scooter,but it's only a little lightweight fold up job,so he's still vulnerable.
Lots of elderly drivers round here, myself included, as very little public transport. A bit scary on the narrow lanes when we meet someone driving in the middle of the road, luckily often elderly and driving very slowly. On driver gender issues, I find that the drivers of cars that want to follow within feet of my rear bumper tend to be female. Also noticeable how many women drive with their faces as near to the windscreen as they can get. Both sexes guilty of failing to raise the driving seat so that their eyeline is above the steering wheel!
IMHO compulsory re testing for everyone, every 10 years. Not " an assessment " or self declaration, sit the same driving test as new drives. The driving test now is unrecognisable from the test most of us too. Let's face it. WE'RE all such good drivers that we'd have nothing to fear
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Youngsters, on the other hand, have to find the funds to pay for driving lessons, test, insurance and a car which is not so easy and they're more likely to be driving cheap bangers with fewer safety features and have less experience of adapting to driving conditions be they related to weather, road conditions or traffic density.
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I was thinking more of the stupid driving where other cars are forced to take evasive action to avoid young idiots with no patience. The young driver is the cause of an accident but not caught up in it. I will add that I know stupid driving isn't limited to younger drivers.
I'm now in the over 70's group, have been driving since 1973 and in that time have had one accident at fault. That was low speed, copping somebody in the rear at a roundabout. Even that was about 30 years ago.
On driver gender issues, I find that the drivers of cars that want to follow within feet of my rear bumper tend to be female. Also noticeable how many women drive with their faces as near to the windscreen as they can get. Both sexes guilty of failing to raise the driving seat so that their eyeline is above the steering wheel!
Not " an assessment " or self declaration, sit the same driving test as new drives.
The driving test now is unrecognisable from the test most of us too.
Let's face it. WE'RE all such good drivers that we'd have nothing to fear