FabSwingers.com forum: Older drivers

By *oe_Steve_NWest OP Couple
over a year ago

Bolton

I think that when a person reaches a certain age, they should be tested again to ensure they're ok to drive - ie perhaps 68 to take a first retest and each year after - with a medical - any ideas? Z

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I thought that was the case? Is it not then???

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By (user no longer on site)
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over a year ago

I thought they had to as well

Thought it was 70? im probably wrong though

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By *oe_Steve_NWest OP Couple
over a year ago

Bolton

There isn't anything in place at the moment as a standard - if there are medical problems then it may be a requirement but don't think it's mandatory. Z

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By *ig badMan
over a year ago

Up North :-)

Think its older than 70! I would make em do it at 60 my self! Or defo when they get a free buss pass.

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By *oftyladnloftyladyCouple
over a year ago

worcester

some younger folks would also benefit from retests and medicals. we have to pass a highway code test every 3 years to drive company vehicles. it is amazing how much new stuff comes up in it.

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By *ickmealloverWoman
over a year ago

a very plush appartment off junt 7 M5

I though it was purely voluntry

As in the driver decides when he feels he can no longer cope

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By *ig badMan
over a year ago

Up North :-)

"I though it was purely voluntry

As in the driver decides when he feels he can no longer cope"

It might be! Will ask mi mum she is a fekin menace on the roads!

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By *oe_Steve_NWest OP Couple
over a year ago

Bolton

"some younger folks would also benefit from retests and medicals. we have to pass a highway code test every 3 years to drive company vehicles. it is amazing how much new stuff comes up in it."

actually - this is a very valid point and i agree - also we need to tackle illegal drivers as they probably cause more problems that older drivers! Z

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

HGV drivers have medical every 5 yrs and now NVQ been introduced training is ongoing.I'm 66 this yr so medical is every 12 months now.Should make all licences same there some dopey young uns about too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oldies on the roads are a nightmare! Ban them all!!!

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By *ig badMan
over a year ago

Up North :-)

"Oldies on the roads are a nightmare! Ban them all!!!"

how old is old???

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

50 and above! Half on them passed a test that only included starting the engine and driving round a corner!

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By *ig badMan
over a year ago

Up North :-)

"50 and above! Half on them passed a test that only included starting the engine and driving round a corner!"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"50 and above! Half on them passed a test that only included starting the engine and driving round a corner!"

50 you will stop driving then ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i watched an old guy attempt to park his car in a parking bay 5 times, still didnt get it right then, only then did he get out and put his glasses on...

felt sorry for person in nxt bay, cos was no was they wudda got in their car...

if i thought my eyesight/health was detiorating i wouldnt want to put others at risk, but i can see that having a car gives us a freedom...

i would be lost without my car...

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By *ignbouncybabeWoman
over a year ago

birmingham

Cheeky bits of kids i'm sure I had to do a reverse round the corner thingy as well as turn the engine on

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Us older drivers are just as safe as younger ones. My boys are far more dangerous on the road than i am!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"50 and above! Half on them passed a test that only included starting the engine and driving round a corner!"

at what age would you like to be taken off the road lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Us older drivers are just as safe as younger ones. My boys are far more dangerous on the road than i am!"

statistically your safer if you look it up

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Us older drivers are just as safe as younger ones. My boys are far more dangerous on the road than i am!

statistically your safer if you look it up

You havent been knocked off your bike by an old dear in her rover 75

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

They have to take a retest at 70

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

My step dad took his fathers car of him at 92 and i know a lady who only stopped driving last year aged 96

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Drivers at 70 years old have to have a form signed by their doctors to say they are still fit to drive, I personally think this should be an examination from a government doctor. I myself passed my test at 52, I still keep upto date with changes in the highway code and driving laws, I subscribe to a website for this. But if I thought I was not upto driving I would pack in myself. Older drivers are not always the worst on the road, however I see some every day that are not on the same planet nevermind the same road.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dad had to go for medical regularly after he hit 70 to make sure he was fit enough to drive.....they should've checked more than his healtth....took his "test" during the war with the Navy...he said it consisted of them making sure he could drive forwards and backwards....test passed...he drove like a fecking lunatic!!!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i think every driver should re sit their test every 5years,a lot of bad habits and complacency are picked up over time,its notjust old people that need to refresh their driving skills,we all do.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Maybe something along the lines of if you have been caught Driving badly so many times you have to re sit a Test of some sort no matter what your age ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Maybe something along the lines of if you have been caught Driving badly so many times you have to re sit a Test of some sort no matter what your age ?"

isnt that already in place with the penalty point system,so many points,lose your license,thenresit yr test?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Think its older than 70! I would make em do it at 60 my self! Or defo when they get a free buss pass."

but they given them the bus pass

so they dont need 2 drive pmsl xxx

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By *ottongue49Man
over a year ago

BARNSLEY

i cant cope with the traffic most days

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Maybe something along the lines of if you have been caught Driving badly so many times you have to re sit a Test of some sort no matter what your age ?

isnt that already in place with the penalty point system,so many points,lose your license,thenresit yr test?"

I think that's only for new Drivers

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

new drivers have to serve a 2 year probationary period if you do something wrong you only have 6 points to play with instead of 12 for more experianced drivers. If you lose these you will have to apply for you provisional again and start all over again. That applies to all new drivers of any age

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"50 and above! Half on them passed a test that only included starting the engine and driving round a corner!"

You may have a point son as these new fangled contraptions have keys INSIDE the car! When I passed my test, before you were born, I had to crank up the engine from outside the car! Before that just needed a lump of sugar for the horse!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Controversial i know but i personally don't think that people should be able to drive until they are 21 and even then they should have to have a test to determine their level of anger control and maturity

Also they should be restricted to a maximum 1200cc car until they have been accident and incident free for at least 3 years

I drive over 250 miles a week with my business and and the things i see with younger drivers everyday make my toes curl xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

well i hope when im 60 im no as bad

as some

xxx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"50 and above! Half on them passed a test that only included starting the engine and driving round a corner!"

Don't forget we did it on a donkey too!

Your comment made me scream much louder than the 11 inch dong you offer ever would have. You see - It's not the size or age that matters. It's the amount of brain and physical ability behind the drivers eyes. ( now of course I meant vehicles... tut )

I am an advanced driver and tend not to blame others all the time.

An honest look at their own driving is what all ages should be doing.

Those who say statistically it's young males who have and cause the most accidents are correct.

Serious Q... If a Chinese Man crashes a car. Is it because he's Chinese ?

Note: ( There are other races and nationalities available. Feel free to substitute the one of your choice )

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I think that when a person reaches a certain age, they should be tested again to ensure they're ok to drive - ie perhaps 68 to take a first retest and each year after - with a medical - any ideas? Z"

Every 10 years from passing your test and every 5 after 60. You also turn up for the retest with a safe to drive chitty from your doctor.

Rules and changes happen all the time, if you don't keep up to date, so what, at least a test will make you look at your driving and re read the highway code, especially give way and motorway driving

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"50 and above! Half on them passed a test that only included starting the engine and driving round a corner!

50 you will stop driving then ?"

That's the problem with comments from kids, they don't think it will apply to them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Maybe something along the lines of if you have been caught Driving badly so many times you have to re sit a Test of some sort no matter what your age ?"

If you loose your licence you have lost your license, and have to retake the whole tests, theory and practical. so your back to square one, and with not being able to claim any no claims, how your license is only 2 years old etc....Harsh but... DO you want the roads safer?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I had double jeopardy last night, as I was behind an old geezer towing a caravan!!! I was praying for the next stretch of dual carriageway, so I could pass the weaving menace, lol.....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I had double jeopardy last night, as I was behind an old geezer towing a caravan!!! I was praying for the next stretch of dual carriageway, so I could pass the weaving menace, lol.....

I bet, do you have a limiter of around 56 on your truck....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes I do, but this old dodger was doing 40mph.... I wouldn't mind, but it was a quiet open road, and I couldn't overtake safely, lol.... would of taken me a week to accelerate from 40 to 50, lol

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By (user no longer on site)
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over a year ago

Why do lorry drivers try to overtake other lorry drivers going at the same speed

It takes em aaaages and makes me go gggrrrrrr

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I hear what you're saying Mrs HPC, and it makes me go grrrrrrrr aswell, but some of em do it cos it pisses off car users, lol.... personally, I only do it on a 3 lane motorway, or if it's downhill, and I can go faster if Im heavier, lol......

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By (user no longer on site)
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over a year ago

"I hear what you're saying Mrs HPC, and it makes me go grrrrrrrr aswell, but some of em do it cos it pisses off car users, lol.... personally, I only do it on a 3 lane motorway, or if it's downhill, and I can go faster if Im heavier, lol......

Thats just naughty if they do it to piss car users off

Thats the last time I flash my tits at a lorry driver

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By *uton_coupleCouple
over a year ago

luton

the facts speak for themselves

the insurance companys know who are the safest drivers , and my insurance for a 2.5 litre saab is only 250 quid

my son of 30 pays 1000 quid for his escort 3rd party lol

the most dangerous drivers on the road are the young immigrants that dont even have a license , cos there only used to driving tractors on the other side of the road

and they are half asleep on there way to work picking asparagus at 4 am in the morning

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Thats the last time I flash my tits at a lorry driver

Young lady i hope you only ever did that whilst someone else was driving xx

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By (user no longer on site)
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over a year ago

Thats the last time I flash my tits at a lorry driver

Young lady i hope you only ever did that whilst someone else was driving xx

Of course

How would they see if I was in the drivers seat and was overtaking

Would be a waste of a tit flash

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Thats the last time I flash my tits at a lorry driver

Young lady i hope you only ever did that whilst someone else was driving xx

Of course

How would they see if I was in the drivers seat and was overtaking

Would be a waste of a tit flash

He he the best one Ive seen on this subject was on the way back from Essex in the mobile home

Three "ladies" who shall remain nameless (but i bet ya know em lol)

Flashing their tits out of the window whilst showing their asses on fab chat lol

Was surreal xxx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Thats just naughty if they do it to piss car users off

Thats the last time I flash my tits at a lorry driver

Right Im deffo letting you know when Im trucking down down next, as I could do with a good ogle at ya airbags, lol

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