Drivers 75 years old and over would face testing to keep on driving under a bill proposed in the Michigan Senate.
The proposal from Democratic state Sen. Rosemary Bayer means that, if passed, every four years a driver of 75 would need to pass a vision exam, a written driving rules test, and a driving skills test to get a license or renew one, according to Click on Detroit.
At the age of 85, those requirements kick in annually.
Many seniors did not like the concept.
“I don’t know if I’m too happy about this,” Pea Gee, who is almost 70, told the outlet. “It is not the older people that generate a lot of these accidents, it’s the younger drivers.”
“You have a lot of older people, such as myself we see well, we hear well, we can drive, and we’re mentally focused because we’re not texting,” Gee added.
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