• katy ✨@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    personally i think everyone should be required to retake a driving test every 10 years it’s absurd you only take it once at 16ish

    • qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 day ago

      I think driving tests should be abolished, 30h of driving lessons will not teach you how to drive, it will at best teach you how to pass the test. You only actually learn how to drive properly after passing the test by driving by yourself, so the driving test proves nothing, it only gives you a false impression of your own abilities.

      And to the people who disagree; how many idiots with licenses are on the road? How many idiots with suspended licenses are on the road? How many idiots without licenses are on the road? Did the law stop them? No. Because it’s a classic example of a law that only affects the people who didn’t need to be told to behave in the first place; and all of those who it should apply to the most will just ignore it. As it stands this law only further disenfranchises low income families by adding extra cost to their children’s path to adulthood and provides minimal to negative safety benefit.

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        23 hours ago

        I failed my first drivers test because my car had stickers for democrat candidates on it.

        It’s kinda amazing how much leeway they have.

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      2 days ago

      As someone who learned to drive in 2 weeks and then passed the test 20+ years ago it’s kind of bonkers that I can get into a car and start driving rn. I haven’t driven since passing the test. I have no idea what many of the signs mean.

    • Milk_Sheikh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 days ago

      And not just as a refresher/competency test! It should also be a chance to educate on updates like legislation that get passed, safety information and tips as research improves, and new traffic controls like double diamonds or roundabouts that weren’t in use when people learned to drive in their youth.

      But at a minimum you should have to re-validate that you are a competent and safe driver every decade or so, agreed.

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        2 days ago

        I don’t know what makes roundabouts so hard that 90% of people stop in my town when nothing is in it instead of yield like the sign they had seen in their drivers test.

        I like your ideas.

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      2 days ago

      What’s the frequency for forklift/crane certificates or similar? Driving a car should be regulated similarly (with the proviso that it is accepted that many blameless people will be found unfit to drive, and society should accommodate them by means other than lowering safety standards).

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      2 days ago

      You guys are retaking driver’s tests?

      Seriously, I haven’t taken one since getting my license in the 90s.

      • katy ✨@piefed.blahaj.zone
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        2 days ago

        that’s what i mean. i think they should be required to retake it. it’s wild that you only do it once as a teenager.

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          2 days ago

          Agreed!

          We also don’t have emissions tests. Pretty sure both are the result of being a mostly agricultural state as in the past both requirements would disproportionately impact farmer’s time and ability to work if they failed either one. We really should start requiring both.