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Originally Posted by martyh
Well that's the thing isn't it , i passed my test in 1983 and having just sat and passed my LGV test i was quite alarmed at what i didn't know .
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Very true. The Highway Code covers many many different aspects of driving, some of which I'm sure even those driving for 50 or 60 years won't always have experience of so think of what they could be forgetting or losing the 'edge' for, Reaction times diminish as we get older too.
I have yet to see any compelling argument against re-tests for everyone with more frequent appraisals for those over a certain age. I'm pretty sure someone would try to accuse that of being 'ageism' but political correctness cannot change the way the human body (and mind) changes over time.
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Originally Posted by papa smurf
isn't it terrible that with driving the more experience you have the worse you are at it -unlike every thing else in the universe where experience counts for something .
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No need to get defensive - I'm pretty sure you're aware that reaction times at 60 are not the same as at 18.