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According to a study published Monday, November 8, nearly three-quarters of French people would like motorists over 65 to undergo a medical examination in order to keep their driving license.
What if drivers over 65 had to pass a medical exam to continue driving? This is what three-quarters of those polled in a study published Monday, November 8, would like to see. Older people are considered to be less efficient behind the wheel by younger people, due to poorer eyesight and hearing, as well as slower reflexes. Most of the motorists concerned and questioned by the journalists of France Televisions would however be ready to pass a medical examination to have the right to drive.
While the question of the medical test for seniors arises in France, many European countries have already made it compulsory: Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands, Greece … But a medical examination which would ultimately not be such a good one. idea, according to the road prevention association and its general delegate Anne Lavaud, believing that it “would be a cleaver shape that would fall every five years”. The study recalls that seniors are responsible for less than one in ten fatal accidents, a figure twice as high among 19-24 year olds.