Imposed in ederly driver

Should special conditions be imposed on cured puritanic There w be been four high-profile traffic accidents Involving senior(a) drivers In the past few days. As we known, Victorian Is the only Australia state which does non have compulsory interrogation of driving license held by older motorists. However, it does non mean that mandatory testing should be imposed on elderly driver in Victorian due to mandatory testing does not make the road gum elasticr, older drivers are more alert and elderly driver promotes scotchs development. Firstly, mandatory testing of older driver does not make the roads safer.Most of the states have the restrictions for elderly drivers except Victorian. For example, jibe to Australia g everywherenment, In New South Wales drivers bestrided 75 and over must(prenominal) pass an annual medical examination or pass a practical driving test every second years. In Queensland, drivers over 75 must only drive with a medical enfranchisement issued by a d octor. However, according to the Victoria, Vic had the lowest older driver force rate per number of license Issued by comparing the crash rate of elder driver across the country which surprised audience nearly the statistic.The statistic shows audience older driver in Victoria without legal equipment did not increase the crashes rate however it is safer compare to the other states in Australia. Secondly, most(prenominal) of the drivers are more cautious and therefore there are safer than junior driver. Not only Judith Carlton writes that older drivers actually aware of their own limitations. For example, by choosing easy-to-man get along driving environments or by choosing not to drive at night. T also professor Raphael Criticize from Transport and Road Safety unit of measurement at nun of news satisfying wad just dont have a perception of risk, in price of driving skills, in terms of crashes. The media affect our decision. The contrast of two opinions is obvious that older d river are more careful than younger drivers. Thirdly, allowing driver to drive will promotes economic development. According to Victoria seniors over 70 had 10 percent of Victorian licenses In 2012 and worse still. Australian the proportion of people over the age of 65 will increase from 11. Recent in 2001 to 24,2 percent in 2051 which means there are more elderly driver in the road. If special condition imposed on elderly Victorian motorists. many another(prenominal) elder drivers will be taken licenses away . Then, it is hard for them to go out and spending money on shopping centre cocoa shops and so on because these are away from uptown which also foreclose economic development. On the other side, society think of older people do not need cars to travel or to race, public get off is available for older driver.Even though Victoria has a extensive and safe public transport system. Older driver can not easily travel for routine travel to shop and for social reasons because num ber of melt relatively little especially on the weekend, It runs every one mo and finishes earlier which means It is Last but not least, driving a car is right of older driver. Forbidden to drive due to the age is unfair. Should older drivers stay on the road will be a serious problem due to aging population. The government needs to work out a good way to help them driving safely.