2023-12-07 10:42:00
No limitations on seniors’ licenses
By YH
In its desire to revise the driving license directive, Europe was considering imposing a medical examination from the age of 70. “I am pleased that the idea of forcing our seniors to carry out periodic aptitude tests in order to keep their driving license, as proposed by the Commission, was not retained. I strongly opposed it. In terms of impact on mental health and their well-being, the balance would have been very negative,” estimates Georges Gilkinet.
For the federal minister, seniors are “naturally more cautious, traveling shorter distances, most often during the day and on routes that are known to them. The question of assessing their fitness to drive must be handled differently, particularly in dialogue with their family doctor.”
The new text drawn up by European ministers, however, provides for optional shortened administrative validity for Member States. But it will therefore not be applied in Belgium.
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