Today we ask locals, do you think drivers should be taken off the roads at a certain age, or should they have to take extra tests to keep their driving licences?
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00:00Kind of a mandatory withdrawal of a license at a particular age doesn't really reflect the range of ages and ability, a range of different facilities and faculties in that sort of age range, but I think certainly it wouldn't hurt to have mandatory testing later in life as well.
00:21Makes sense. Your judgment goes, your speed of reaction goes, your eyesight goes. There's just some sensible way of being able to test that. What I'm really nervous about, actually, it's not entirely down to tests. I've had older relatives where we've just taken the car keys away and said, you shouldn't be driving anymore.
00:43I don't think it's to do with age. I think my experience is that actually a lot of people are not actually quite as good behind the wheel as maybe they should be. So I think maintenance of driving skills, something needs to do throughout your life.