OK ...Here's the thing... I was driving today as usual... and it must have been idiot day or something... but everyone was cutting me off.. and people weren't merging right etc etc...there were at least 5 close calls to accident I saw...and 2 accidents! Well.. it dawned on me... they were 90% older people... say over 50... and a couple say in their late 30's.... This brought me back to a huge topic I believe should be promenent.... Testing Once you Reach 50/60/70etc! Now when my mum went to get her licence all she had to do was go to the police station and go to the desk, ask the cop, go for a 5 minute drive and POW she had her licence! Forgive me for being ignornt, but I had to go through so much crap to now get my full licence (hopefully) next month! And failed my first p's test coz I indicated when leaving a kerb for 4 seconds not 5... I just think times have changed and some people have never been taught how to drive properly... so I think maybe driving tests should be mandatory when you hit say 40, then 50, then 60 and every 2-3 years after that... My main concern (working with a lot of elderly), I find that a lot of them drive...and OMG!!! would not want to run into them on the road!!!... I have issues with young people unneccisarily acting like tools on the road... but OMG!!! THESE ELDERLY PEOPLE CAUSE SO MANY ACCIDENTS!... Not long ago on one of our expressways an elderly man merged into a 90km/hr zone doing 20km/hr and cut straight infront of a semi... ofcourse the semi got blamed! and the media played it up as this poor old grandpa blah blah.. when there is an accident involving two cars and one is a p plater.. and one is a elderly person... the kid seems to cop the blame (media wise) even though its not always the case... I'm certainly not saying young drivers are all innocent!!!!!!!!coz we know theyre not!!! But I think that once you hit 60 you should have driving test... aswell as the vision test etc that I believe are manditory once you hit a certain age.. just coz you can see, doesnt mean you have the fast reflexes and sensory perception to drive a vehicle on the road!... Well... now I've had my bitch... please put you 2 cents in!