{"id":9214,"date":"2025-10-03T00:37:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T00:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=9214"},"modified":"2025-10-03T00:37:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T00:37:21","slug":"sad-news-for-drivers-over-70-they-will-soon-no-longer-be-able-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=9214","title":{"rendered":"Sad news for drivers over 70, they will soon no longer be able to\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Are Older Drivers Still Fit to Drive?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Should elderly drivers be retested like students reviewing for an exam? Age alone doesn\u2019t define driving ability, but certain signs\u2014like slowed reflexes or poor vision\u2014warrant caution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A tragic example occurred in La Rochelle, where an 83-year-old driver going the wrong way struck a group of children on bicycles. The incident raised a tough but necessary question: how long can one drive safely?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to France\u2019s Road Safety Authority, drivers over 75 are involved in as many accidents as those aged 18\u201324. Age-related changes in vision, hearing, and reaction time play a role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet in France, there\u2019s no age limit. A standard B license remains valid for life unless revoked due to serious infractions. This differs from countries like Italy or Germany, which require health checks starting at age 70 or 75.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the population ages, reevaluating driving regulations may be key to balancing independence and public safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are Older Drivers Still Fit to Drive? Should elderly drivers be retested like students reviewing for an exam? Age alone doesn\u2019t define driving ability, but certain signs\u2014like&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":667,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9216,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9214\/revisions\/9216"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}