18th January 2007, 12:30 PM
Here's a very simple thing. Every 4 years, instead of simply getting it renewed, force people to take the same tests all over again. Some laws change, and forcing drivers to keep up on these laws to pass the written tests is ideal. That way, it's fair for everyone and filters out not only people who got terrible in old age, but people who got terrible because they are idiots who just happened to get lucky in their teens.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)