Question 20039 — road safety

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Mr. Yves Daniel 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 traffic accidents involving motorists aged over 80, accidents always arousing strong emotion among the population and in fact relaunching the particularly complex debate on the driving of seniors. If the figures prove that seniors do not cause more accidents than other motorists, it is unavoidable that elderly people can have their visual, hearing and physical abilities altered as they get older or follow medical treatment. In the European Union, several countries have already adopted a measure requiring a medical check-up for all seniors. In France, while there are provisions for control driving abilities for reasons of health or disability or for professional drivers, a person aged 80 who passed their driving test more than 50 years ago can drive without examining their physical abilities linked to their age or medical treatment or even their knowledge of the highway code which has evolved since passing their driving test. This subject is complex, since it touches obviously to the imperative of road safety but also to the daily living conditions of elderly people, the automobile being an essential factor of autonomy and travel, particularly in rural areas. The objective is not to stigmatize a certain category of the population but to take realities into account and work to limit road deaths. Also, in a context where the aging of the population will mechanically increase the number of senior drivers, he therefore asks the state of the Government's reflections on the advisability of a periodic check of the driving fitness of seniors.

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