Beginning next month, drivers between the ages of 79 and 86 in Illinois will no longer have to take mandatory behind-the-wheel driving tests to renew their licenses.
I mean it was a hyperbolic example, the point being that they often drive much slower than the posted limit and/or the speed of traffic, have problems merging, accelerate extremely slowly, brake unpredictably, or are confused. Of course the same could be said about any driver, but it’s just a basic fact of physiology that human faculties decline with age and that operating a heavy motor vehicle at that time can be hazardous, especially with the size of vehicles today.
I have seen nothing to indicated this than people stereotyping them. I think its kinda the opposite. driving the speed limit or maybe even 5 under. which is actually the way people are supposed to drive but other drivers expect a minimum of 5 over and feel that 10 is normal and 5 is the slow side of acceptable.
stereotypes come from individuals percieved personal experience. Heck even more diverse because then you get little groups that talk together and confirm each others biases and it kinda grows from there.
They are the safest drivers because everyone is smashing into each other to avoid these folks looking for the early bird buffet at 20mph
I mean that would be the other drivers fault. I can pass a car without crashing into other cars.
I mean it was a hyperbolic example, the point being that they often drive much slower than the posted limit and/or the speed of traffic, have problems merging, accelerate extremely slowly, brake unpredictably, or are confused. Of course the same could be said about any driver, but it’s just a basic fact of physiology that human faculties decline with age and that operating a heavy motor vehicle at that time can be hazardous, especially with the size of vehicles today.
I have seen nothing to indicated this than people stereotyping them. I think its kinda the opposite. driving the speed limit or maybe even 5 under. which is actually the way people are supposed to drive but other drivers expect a minimum of 5 over and feel that 10 is normal and 5 is the slow side of acceptable.
It’s all things I have witnessed in my 30 years of personal experience as a driver, it’s not stereotypes, it’s basic human biology
stereotypes come from individuals percieved personal experience. Heck even more diverse because then you get little groups that talk together and confirm each others biases and it kinda grows from there.
You keep ignoring the biology part
oh sure. biology like race and age and other things people hook their stereotypes to for their bigotted views.