"This is pure age discrimination. They cannot provide any evidence or figures to show that drivers aged 70 and over would be more often involved in accidents."

The European Union wants elderly people (70+) to undergo medical tests from now on to prove that they are still capable of driving a car every five years. However, the proposal has been met with a lot of criticism.

  • ElmarsonTheThird@feddit.deEnglish
    1·
    1 年前

    The german satire party DIE PARTEI wanted to implement a highest voting age. If you can’t vote the first 18 years of your life, you shouldn’t be able to vote the final 18 years.

    • Simbomba@feddit.deEnglish
      1·
      1 年前

      I seriously hoped it would have been implemented The older folks seem to ruin germany more the older they get

      • nudny ekscentryk@szmer.infoEnglish
        1·
        1 年前

        Well insurance companies have all the models necessary for that. It’s actually called actuary and it’s a field of mathematics.

        Or, average national lifespan

          • brainrein@feddit.deEnglish
            13·
            1 年前

            That is true. We like the Monty Pythons more than anyone else does, we adore them! But we would never diminish this feeling by laughing about their jokes. Instead we do argue for hours about the philosophical implications of a silly walk.

    • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      11·
      1 年前

      I’ve been saying the same thing for years. We should revoke voting status 18y from whatever the national average lifespan. That’ll never happen, though.