john117@piefed.jmsquared.net to Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agodriving tests should be done on a regular basis if you want to keep your drivers licensemessage-squaremessage-square104linkfedilinkarrow-up1263arrow-down126file-text
arrow-up1237arrow-down1message-squaredriving tests should be done on a regular basis if you want to keep your drivers licensejohn117@piefed.jmsquared.net to Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square104linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·3 days agoI think you’re making an assumption that isn’t true: https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-vehicle/overview/age-of-driver/
minus-squareBenLeMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 days agoI’d be interested in seeing a percentage based graph taking into account the number of drivers per age group. I would expect there to be fewer drivers in the last two groups, concurrent with an increased percentage of accident drivers.
minus-squaredjmikeale@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoI’d assume older people drive less (but I might be wrong), so I’d be curious to see accidents per 100000 kilometers driven broken down by age
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoAnecdotally they do. Every one of my elderly relatives self-limited how frequently they drive, long before they had to give up their licenses For example they may stop driving at night or long distance or into cities
I think you’re making an assumption that isn’t true:
https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-vehicle/overview/age-of-driver/
I’d be interested in seeing a percentage based graph taking into account the number of drivers per age group. I would expect there to be fewer drivers in the last two groups, concurrent with an increased percentage of accident drivers.
I’d assume older people drive less (but I might be wrong), so I’d be curious to see accidents per 100000 kilometers driven broken down by age
Anecdotally they do. Every one of my elderly relatives self-limited how frequently they drive, long before they had to give up their licenses
For example they may stop driving at night or long distance or into cities