• Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    Why, though? According to Stats Canada, those who are 65+ don’t cause as many accidents as some lower age demographics.

    The same stats also suggest that “speed, impaired, environmental, and distraction” are the top causes for fatal collisions, so why not focus on improving/enforcing those factors?

    It might be better to simply retest anyone who’s been fined for speeding, impaired, etc., and/or have been in a collision. At least then they’d need to prove that they are still capable of being allowed back on the road.

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      11 months ago

      I’d love to see stricter enforcement & punishments across the board. The amount of insane driving on a daily basis is ridiculous, I don’t understand how those people are driving like that daily. Our society is way too casual about road safety.

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      11 months ago

      Between the ages 65 and 80 can have a huge decline in people’s mental and physical health. I would like to see crash states for people 80+

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        11 months ago

        Me too, but the numbers are likely so small that stats Canada has to lump everything into 65+.

        See, old people don’t generally speed or drive recklessly, so they probably aren’t causing many fatal accidents. In fact, people get pissed off with older drivers because they drive so slow. 😂

        I’d love to know how many 80+ drivers we have in ontario, because the population over 80 is pretty small.