Elderly Drivers In The UK May Face IQ Tests To Maintain Licenses

An IQ test is not a measure of how quick your reaction time is. Sounds like a plot on the part of the UK government to reduce the number of vehicles on the road especially in London.

— EnnNorak (View Profile)

Posted on 1/28/2008 2:39:04 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

Lexus sales would plummet????

— 0to60 (View Profile)

Posted on 1/28/2008 3:38:06 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

A timed IQ test will indeed judge reaction and speed of thought. At least it's a step in the right direction.

I'm tired of seeing news articles that go like," An elderly woman thought she pushed the brake but hit the gas instead. Consequently running into a store window."

— YZFracer23 (View Profile)

Posted on 1/28/2008 2:42:21 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

You couldn’t get away with that in the United States- plain and simple. It is probably, so long as the actual ability to drive is demonstrated, an ex post facto law- which are explicitly prohibited by the Constitution. There is no relationship between general intelligence and the ability to drive plain and simple. There are autistic people who score exceptionally high in spatial cognitive type IQ tests, yet plainly do not have the ability the drive. The reason that they give you a driving test along with an eye exam is that those things are directly related to one’s ability to drive. If you pass those tests, then you should be able to drive.

In the United States your rights are not a meritocracy- so long as you have the capacity to execute them then there are no contingencies. End of discussion.

— cdoke (View Profile)

Posted on 1/28/2008 3:05:56 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

But the US does need this so bad. I was coming up a road the other day, and I admit I do 35-40 on most backroads like normal people. But this lady was not doing 30 or the 25 posted speed limit. She was going 10! 10 miles per hour. up a hill. So I gunned it went around her and was just blown away.

But you could say the same for the people who go 30-40mph up a highway on ramp. It's actually called a speed ramp so that you have time to get up to the speed of traffic to merge. And when people are doing 60-70 in the slow lane and you get on doing 40, your asking for trouble. Especially since everyone behind you needs to brake to find a spot now and gun it to try and match speed with no room to do so.

But I do believe that this would be beneficial in the US. You hear too much of people getting hit by elderly running onto sidewalks or into stores, all because they accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake, which is not so bad if they were able to catch themselves quick enough. But they panic and stomp the gas even harder making a huge issue. FYI when a light turns green, your supposed to go.

— Whelan (View Profile)

Posted on 1/28/2008 3:35:45 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

I support and IQ test for breeding.

— theoptimisticpessimist (View Profile)

Posted on 1/28/2008 5:32:37 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Could we also have and IQ test for Autospies Bloggers.

— theoptimisticpessimist (View Profile)

Posted on 1/28/2008 6:11:07 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 7   

LOL, rosco the klown is competing with star for ultimate stupidity.

(how could low IQ people EVER afford lexi? only an idiot like rosko could make such a connection)

btw, why roscoTWO? did the original get banned? LOL!

— XYZZ (View Profile)

Posted on 1/30/2008 3:21:35 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1