Question 17413 — road safety

Summary

Mr. Buon Tan draws the attention of the Minister of the Interior to the conditions for checking the driving fitness of seniors, a subject regularly put back on the agenda following accidents involving motorists aged over 80. On October 27, 2018, a 92-year-old man lost control of his vehicle in the 15th arrondissement of Paris and seriously injured three people, including a young woman who suffered a leg injury. torn off. More recently, an accident in the Nord department, also caused by an elderly person who lost control of their vehicle, endangered the lives of a mother and a 4-year-old child. In addition to the strong emotion they aroused among the population, these events fuel the particularly complex debate on the risks linked to the driving of seniors. If the figures prove that seniors do not cause no more accidents than other motorists, the fact remains that symptoms linked to aging or following medical treatment (including impairment of visual, hearing and physical abilities) significantly increase the risk of road accidents. As an extension of the proactive policy carried out by the Government to reduce road mortality, better detection of risks linked to aging seems able to effectively prevent accidents of this type. While several European Union countries have adopted a measure requiring a medical check-up for all senior drivers, France remains one of the only ones to issue the “lifetime license”. In a context where the aging of the population will automatically increase the number of seniors, he therefore asks the state of the Government's thoughts on the advisability of testing the driving fitness of seniors.

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