Will there be a wave of elder learners that allow people over 70 to take driving licenses?

　　On October 22, the Ministry of Public Security held a press conference, at which it was clearly stated that in order to better adapt to the new needs of the development of an aging society, the upper limit of 70 years for applying for small cars, small automatic cars, and mopeds driving licenses should be cancelled.

　　The requirements also indicate that for those who are over 70 years old to obtain a driver’s license, the ability to test memory, judgment, and reaction will be added to ensure that their physical conditions meet the requirements for safe driving.

　　Should people over 70 years old take a driver’s license?

Will elderly drivers become a safety problem on the road?

After the application age is released, will there be a wave of elder learning to drive?

For driving schools, what preparations should they make?

　Old man learning to drive

　　The coach teaches carefully and learns slowly by himself

　　Uncle Zhang, who is now 67 years old, finally got his driver's license last year as he wished to live a self-driving life.

However, this driver's license, which is easy to obtain for young people, is difficult for Uncle Zhang.

Whether it is the opposition of his family or the limitation of his own physical fitness, it is all the difficulties facing him.

Uncle Zhang told reporters that he had a lot of conflicts with his family because of the driving license test.

In March last year, Uncle Zhang still secretly signed up at the driving school.

　　Holding the medical examination report from the hospital, Uncle Zhang paid 4800 yuan to apply for the class.

But as his family said, Subject One was the first problem he faced.

"I recite every day and do the questions repeatedly on the Internet, but I took the test twice before and after." Because of his poor memory, it took more than a month for Uncle Zhang to pass the test.

　　After passing the theory exam, the exams for subject two and three are equally difficult.

"My eyesight is not good. I always feel that the lines and points drawn in the field are shaking, so I always don't have the correct position." Apart from the impact of eyesight, Uncle Zhang can't remember how many times the steering wheel should turn.

"I can feel the coach trying to get angry, but thinking about my age, I will bear it back." Uncle Zhang still remembers being on the training ground, because he failed to pass the reversing practice for many times and almost fainted when his blood pressure came up. Coach.

　　Uncle Zhang said that compared with young people, he has more training time, but even though he has more training time than young people, his exam pass rate is far lower than that of other young students.

Subject two was taken twice, and subject three was taken three times before passing.

In addition to the time of Subject Four, it took Uncle Zhang to get his driver's license every day while practicing.

Counting it all up, Uncle Zhang's driving school training costs eventually spent more than seven thousand yuan to realize his driving dream.

Driving school:

　　The new regulations are promulgated, and many people over the age of 70 consult and learn to drive

　　It is not uncommon for "older" car learners like Uncle Zhang to build a driving school in Chengdu Jiaotong University.

The principal of the driving school, Mr. He, said that before the introduction of the new regulations, the school had a few 69-year-old veteran students, and there were about ten learners who were over 65 years old every year.

　　After the Ministry of Public Security issued a notice that people over 70 years of age who passed the physical examination could also take the driver’s license, on the next day, President He received 5 or 6 consecutive consultation calls asking whether he met the registration requirements.

"These people who are over 60 years old want to learn to drive. Most of them have been in the senior cycling team. In fact, they have always dreamed of driving." Principal He learned from his trainees that most of those over 60 who still insist on taking the driving license test Just because I am interested in driving.

　　How to ensure the personal safety of the elderly over the age of 70 when they learn to drive, how to balance the cost of the long learning time for the elderly, how to adapt to the teaching communication with the elderly learners... "These practical problems also need to be reconsidered." Principal He Say.

　　President He told reporters that when an elderly person over 70 signs up, in addition to ensuring that the physical examination report is normal, he will also observe whether his comprehensive physical condition is suitable for learning to drive.

At the same time, for senior learners, he will also urge the coach to learn more about the physical condition of the elderly in private, ask if there is a history of sudden illnesses, and pay attention to a gentle teaching attitude.

In the course design, practice will be arranged closely following the national examination requirements.

As for the tuition fees, President He said that the fees will be the same as that of young people, but the fees for over-class hours will need to be negotiated and agreed with the elderly.

　coach:

　　Elderly people have a lot of difficulty in learning to drive, and they will ask for medical history.

　　Concerned about the age of schooling, a trainer surnamed Xia from the Chengdu Jiaojian Automobile Driving School told reporters: "In my personal opinion, age does affect the progress of learning to drive. The older you are, the slower you learn." Teacher Cong Xia According to the experience, the best age for learning should be before 30 years old. Every time the age increases by 5 years, the difficulty of learning to drive will be higher.

　　In addition to Banpo’s starting reaction ability, Ms. Xia added that the mentality of the elderly students is generally less confident, easy to be nervous, and feel particularly anxious before the exam.

In addition, the reduced vision will also cause the elderly students to be unable to accurately see the markings and fixed points, resulting in repeated errors when parking sideways or reversing into the garage.

　　According to a data released by the Tianjin Transportation Administration not long ago, in the second quarter of this year, the number of deaths from traffic accidents for people over 60 accounted for 31.56% of the total number of traffic accident deaths, an increase of 10% over the same period last year.

The article mentioned: "Compared with young people, the elderly lack a certain ability to respond and respond to certain sudden traffic conditions, which leads to frequent traffic accidents among the elderly."

　　"The body is not as good as young people, so I can only use time to survive." Teacher Xia said that although the elderly students learn slowly, they can devote a lot of energy to learn to drive because they have plenty of time. This also brings another problem. Time to practice, will the body be able to eat?"

　　Today, the Ministry of Public Security has clearly abolished the restrictions on learning to drive for people over 70, but in Teacher Xia’s view, this will not trigger a large-scale drive of learning for the elderly.

"After all, the proportion of elderly learning to drive is relatively small. Even if the policy is liberalized, the elderly will weigh themselves whether their body is still suitable for driving on the road."