84 yr old wrong way on motorway

RichardD1970

iolanthe07 wrote: »

The expression 'fast lane' is a quite common misnomer for Lane 3, but I agree that it is misleading.

Indeed, it's the same as when people put "road tax". Everyone knows what is meant but the pedants like to jump all over it to try to prove something*



*don't quite know what :think:

custardy

I would be fine with a retest every 10 years.
Likely every 5 when we reach an agreed age,70?

Joe_Horner

RichardD1970 wrote: »

Indeed, it's the same as when people put "road tax". Everyone knows what is meant but the pedants like to jump all over it to try to prove something*



*don't quite know what :think:

Agreed. Although, I can see an argument for additional testing to be allowed in the fast lane, possibly off-set by reduced road tax for drivers prepared to demonstrate the extra skill?

Ashingtonian

custardy wrote: »

I would be fine with a retest every 10 years.
Likely every 5 when we reach an agreed age,70?

It would be logistically impossible to retest everybody once they reach a certain age, the waiting list for normal driving tests now is between 2-3 months.

IMO the minimum age should be raised a year to 18 (can start driving at 17 on L plates but no test till 18), followed by severe restrictions on car engine power until the age of 25.

Also I would have a blanket age of 80 for giving up driving. For every good 80 year old driver there will be an incompetent/dangerous one due to deteriorating faculties.

bigadaj

Ashingtonian wrote: »

It would be logistically impossible to retest everybody once they reach a certain age, the waiting list for normal driving tests now is between 2-3 months.

IMO the minimum age should be raised a year to 18 (can start driving at 17 on L plates but no test till 18), followed by severe restrictions on car engine power until the age of 25.

Also I would have a blanket age of 80 for giving up driving. For every good 80 year old driver there will be an incompetent/dangerous one due to deteriorating faculties.

Certainly not logistically impossible, but would require more resource which would need to be paid for somehow.

Fat_Walt

Ashingtonian wrote: »

It would be logistically impossible to retest everybody once they reach a certain age, the waiting list for normal driving tests now is between 2-3 months.

IMO the minimum age should be raised a year to 18 (can start driving at 17 on L plates but no test till 18), followed by severe restrictions on car engine power until the age of 25.

Also I would have a blanket age of 80 for giving up driving. For every good 80 year old driver there will be an incompetent/dangerous one due to deteriorating faculties.

You needn't worry, there's no motorways in your county.

Robisere

Fat_Walt wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Once round the parade square, don't hit anything (not hard as there's nothing to hit) and you're given a licence.


:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Just come back to this. You are so wrong, I cannot begin to tell you how wrong you are! Did you get this from watching "Dad's Army"?

I learned to drive during a concentrated period of 3 weeks, 6 days a week, driving a Bedford 7 ton truck around Southern England. I drove through and around Winchester, Salisbury, Andover, Southampton and Portsmouth. During my actual Test, I had returned to Andover and was driving along a single carriageway into the town. A young mother with a baby buggy stepped out in front of me and I had a split second to make up my mind, with traffic behind and in front on the opposite carriageway. I swung the wheel over, missed her by a few feet and drove into a pub car park, braking hard. I thought I had failed, until the Instructor said, "No I had you down as passed well before we got here and that proves I was right to pass you. You took the only option available to avoid injury to others."

I have driven aircraft recovery trucks, tracked armoured vehicles and I have driven a 10-tonner with a 200 gallon water trailer around Alpine roads in Germany, on exercise every spring with the Bündeswehr. I have managed convoy packets totalling 170+ vehicles for 1,000+ kilometer journeys through Europe. In all my years of driving, only two accidents, both caused by others.

So next time you feel inclined to extract the urine, do it to someone without my experience and expertise. You are one of those people who loves to talk without any supporting knowledge of the subject he is pontificating about. Get a life.

Fat_Walt

Robisere wrote: »

Just come back to this. You are so wrong, I cannot begin to tell you how wrong you are! Did you get this from watching "Dad's Army"?

I learned to drive during a concentrated period of 3 weeks, 6 days a week, driving a Bedford 7 ton truck around Southern England. I drove through and around Winchester, Salisbury, Andover, Southampton and Portsmouth. During my actual Test, I had returned to Andover and was driving along a single carriageway into the town. A young mother with a baby buggy stepped out in front of me and I had a split second to make up my mind, with traffic behind and in front on the opposite carriageway. I swung the wheel over, missed her by a few feet and drove into a pub car park, braking hard. I thought I had failed, until the Instructor said, "No I had you down as passed well before we got here and that proves I was right to pass you. You took the only option available to avoid injury to others."

I have driven aircraft recovery trucks, tracked armoured vehicles and I have driven a 10-tonner with a 200 gallon water trailer around Alpine roads in Germany, on exercise every spring with the Bündeswehr. I have managed convoy packets totalling 170+ vehicles for 1,000+ kilometer journeys through Europe. In all my years of driving, only two accidents, both caused by others.

So next time you feel inclined to extract the urine, do it to someone without my experience and expertise. You are one of those people who loves to talk without any supporting knowledge of the subject he is pontificating about. Get a life.

Every year on exercise.

You were a stab weren't you. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

takman

Ashingtonian wrote: »

It would be logistically impossible to retest everybody once they reach a certain age, the waiting list for normal driving tests now is between 2-3 months.

IMO the minimum age should be raised a year to 18 (can start driving at 17 on L plates but no test till 18), followed by severe restrictions on car engine power until the age of 25.

Also I would have a blanket age of 80 for giving up driving. For every good 80 year old driver there will be an incompetent/dangerous one due to deteriorating faculties.

My local test centre has appointments available everyday, most at around 8am which people seem to avoid. So if there were people doing retests they would simply need to have more instructors. This will be paid for by a retest fee.

I think limiting power is pretty pointless. Even a 1.1 Peugeot 106 (60BHP) can go 80+ mph. If your suggesting that they should have cars less powerful than this then that severely limits what cars can be used by learners. This will mean that there will be a severe shortage of cars and the prices will rocket, but there will be little improvement in safety.

AdrianC

bigadaj wrote: »

Certainly not logistically impossible, but would require more resource which would need to be paid for somehow.

Simple. The fees payable for the test.