Well, we do test people when they start driving. Last year I was seriously lynched for mentioning something I saw at a Registry of Motor Vehicles office, but it does serve to illustrate a problem:
I was standing in line to renew my license. A few people ahead of me, a very old man, who was accompanied by someone I assumed to be a son, would just STOP in line and go into some kind of fugue. The son would then give him a gentle shove to wake him up, or "Jump Start" him, or whatever. This went on as the line slowly snaked its way to the rudimentary eye test, etc.
He passed and left with a license.
Now before the screaming starts at me daring to mention this event, I am over sixty, and anyone can test me anytime they want.
Somewhere in the Northeast, this guy is driving. Diminished capacity is diminished capacity, whether it is drugs, booze, DVD players,or whatever.
When I posted this story last year I was amazed at the panicky, hostile tantrums. So this time I will add the disclamer, "OK, keep driving, and since you do not care about anyone else, then think about having your estate cleaned out, instead".
For the past 2 years I have driven my daughter to the local high school, and I have seen some of the most stupid examples of driving by these crazy teens with new licences. Things like reckless passing, 45-50 mph in a 25 school zone, etc.(where are the cops)
I barely missed one accident per day in the schools PARKING LOT!
Of course, the drug deals were in full view across the street from the front entrance of the school every afternoon, and the cops just observed that too.
No wonder my daughter doesnt want to drive!
I will deal with the older drivers any day over that bs.
I had to look that one up. You must be a shrink.