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英國最近民意調查, 年青駕駛人要趕絕 70+ 長者駕駛

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/1345214/elderly-driver-road-safety-car-ban-driving-law 

Elderly driver crackdown: Young drivers want to see over 70s banned from the road

By LUKE CHILLINGSWORTH, PUBLISHED: 08:55, Thu, Oct 8, 2020 

In a shocking new poll from uSwitch, almost 10 percent of road users believe elderly drivers over the age of 70 should be banned completely from the road

Fact 事實

英國統計數字顯示長者駕駛人比年青人重安全

The study finds that, on the whole, drivers 65 and older are just 16 percent likelier than adult drivers to cause an accident. As shown in the figure, the youngest drivers are 188 percent likelier than adult drivers to cause a crash.

The study finds that older drivers, who represent 15 percent of all licensed drivers, cause 7 percent of all two-car accidents (both fatal and nonfatal). Younger drivers, on the other hand, who represent 13 percent of all licensed drivers, cause 43 percent of all two-car accidents.

其中一個原因是長者有自知之明, 覺得駕駛能力退化就自動自覺放棄. 剩下長者駕駛人都是高手, 例如鄙老, 哈哈.

Self-Regulation

Many older drivers give up driving entirely, because they understand that they are a risk to others and to themselves. By removing themselves from the pool of drivers, they leave behind older drivers who drive comparatively well.

Older drivers tend to avoid driving conditions that put them at greater risk. The study finds that older drivers tend to stay off the road during peak traffic times and at night. By contrast, younger drivers show no particular pattern during the day and drive more frequently at night.

https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9272.html#:~:text=The%20study%20finds%20that%20older,of%20all%20two%2Dcar%20accidents.