Accident in Queens a week ago, was the last straw in the patience of the residents of new York. Requirement every 2 years additional testing of drivers over 80 Let signed 25 thousand people.
We will remind, on July 25 at Utopia Parkway, the 88-year-old motorist, driving through a red light knocked down crossing the road 17-year-old girl. And a month earlier by a car, at the wheel which there was a 86-year-old driver killed a 9 year old boy.
The petition is registered on the national portal Change.orgscored a sufficient number of signatures to legislators revised the rules for issuing driving license. Today’s older drivers in addition to the mandatory vision screening do not have to undergo any additional tests.
Power, in turn, noted that never before has the question of the rights of the elderly does not go so far. Member of Council of the borough of Queens Paul Mellon said that elderly people — quite a large demographic group and should have the same rights as other citizens.
See also: Woman knocked down a child on the sidewalk in Brooklyn and fled the scene of an accident.
