This post is basically going off of something I saw earlier while driving to work.
I was in the On-Ramp for I-95 going 45 in a 65 behind this old lady while there's a line of cars coming over the nearest hill, I begin to get up on her tail trying to nudge over so that I can merge without causing other people to have to jam their brakes. I proceed to accelerate as she slows down. Finally I get over, and begin to pass as I glance over, the bitch was on her cell phone and holding a starbucks in the other hand....
Which brings me to here. I belive firmly that there should be MUCH harder restrictions to get your license. I know for a fact when I had taken mine when I was 16 (late getting the test done) it was one of the easiest tests I've ever taken, shit the one for my learner's was harder than that. I know TONS of people that probably shouldn't be trusted behind the wheel of a moving object/vehicle etc, and I'm sure most of you do as well.
I know some of the 'younger' crowd already feels that it is TOO hard to get their license, and quite frankly, they have no effing clue what they're talking about. I know I was there at one point myself, but now that I can see what older people we're bitching to me about back in the day, the whole picture is much more clear...
As for OLDER citizens, I'm all down for respecting them and giving them their rights to drive, which is ALSO a PERFECT reason to RE-Test them after they hit the begenning of their Golden Years (65-67 SENIOR CITIZENS!!) And every 5 years afterwards they should be retested. Shit, for Repeat DUI offenders are treated much worse and never even given a chance, why not take the Older folks off of the road that are putting us at as much of danger as anyone else? ....Exactly..
I rest my case. Beef up driving standards for all age groups. I doubt anyone will argue this, but I am just curious to see what everyone else thinks,
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