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 looked up Illinois’ most recent crash stattistics and found that 75 and older had some of the lowest crash rates, about 3x less crashes than 18-19 year olds, even with about 2.5 times more licensed drivers in the 75+ age bracket.
Noted. I’m not arguing either side, but it’s possible that there is a bias against older people based on anecdotal experience. To you point though, there probably are many things that factor into the policy. If older people are driving less, they still are a lower risk to crash as a demographic.
I looked up Illinois’ most recent crash stattistics and found that 75 and older had some of the lowest crash rates, about 3x less crashes than 18-19 year olds, even with about 2.5 times more licensed drivers in the 75+ age bracket.
There’s more drivers in the 75+ bracket, but I don’t see anything about accidents per miles driven.
If you drive ten times as much and get in three times the accidents, that doesn’t make you a worse driver.
Those 80 year olds mostly aren’t driving to work every day. Some are, it’s the US after all.
Noted. I’m not arguing either side, but it’s possible that there is a bias against older people based on anecdotal experience. To you point though, there probably are many things that factor into the policy. If older people are driving less, they still are a lower risk to crash as a demographic.