It is primarily up to the oldest drivers themselves to decide whether they want to continue driving. Even if maybe they shouldn't be behind the wheel anymore.
Both Danish doctors and relatives of elderly drivers are worried about the elderly drivers in particular.
It is largely up to the older drivers themselves to assess whether they can continue to drive. This is written by Kristeligt Dagblad .
Since 2017, when 17-year-olds were also allowed to get behind the wheel, it has been up to the oldest drivers themselves to assess whether they are able to drive a car.
In 2017, the mandatory medical check-up for drivers over the age of 75 was abolished. And since 2013, a choir card has basically been valid for all drivers for 15 years.
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Instead, it is now said that doctors are encouraged to keep an eye on whether their oldest patients, who are also still drivers, have the necessary skills.
But Gunver Lillevang, who is a general practitioner and chairman of the certification committee in the Medical Association, thinks this is a legitimately optimistic interpretation of safety on Danish roads.
Also at the Council for Safe Traffic, director Mogens Kjærgaard Moller says that since 2017, when the change in law came into effect, they have received many more inquiries from concerned relatives of older drivers.
However, the older drivers are not the only ones who may soon have to adapt to a completely new set of rules in the area of correcards. The EU has not regulated this kind of thing since 2006.
But now a whole series of very significant changes are on the way. Even though several of the most controversial proposals – i.a. ban on night traffic – has been scrapped again. Read more about it here.
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