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A comment on British drivers over 70 to face eye tests every three years. Parent comment

Re:British drivers over 70 to face eye tests every three years by bumby on Saturday February 07, 2026 @12:08PM (#46925434)
“I'm talking about a significant minority of [under 25 year olds] who are wildly dangerous.” (Edit mine)

Don’t you think that statement is also true?

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Re:British drivers over 70 to face eye tests every three years by LEDThereBeLight on Saturday February 07, 2026 @12:14PM (#46925509)
16 year olds get better at driving.
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Re:British drivers over 70 to face eye tests every three years by bumby on Saturday February 07, 2026 @02:00PM (#46926518)
They also get less likely to commit crime, but that’s not how we gauge risk. We don’t generally say “that teenager’s crime risk is going down so they are less risky than that geriatric whose crime risk is fairly constant.” Risk probability is usually the area under a hazard rate curve.

Over a long enough interval, that reduction in risk would be important. So what is the appropriate time interval for these risk assessments?

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