Tests for the over 70s

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Tests for the over 70s

Postby jonbar.1 » Tue Feb 21, 2023 8:26 am

Re link below:
Does anyone have any further info on this?
https://euroweeklynews.com/2023/02/20/o ... -licences/
For example: We are over 70; (We renewed our licences 2 years ago); do we need to take a test immediately?
Is it the same test as when we renewed our licences?
Perhaps we get a certificate to carry on the car?
Any info appreciated.
Cheers JB

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Re: Tests for the over 70s

Postby gerryh » Tue Feb 21, 2023 9:07 am

I believe it is just the same test you took to renew your licence.
They now seem to have reduced the requirement for it from 70 years to 65 years old.
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Re: Tests for the over 70s

Postby fincalospinos » Tue Feb 21, 2023 9:23 am

You dont have to take the test immediately, only when you renew your licence.
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Re: Tests for the over 70s

Postby jonbar.1 » Tue Feb 21, 2023 9:34 am

Cheers Gerry & Fincalospinos.
We aren't due to renew until 2025,which is 5 years later.Usually we test every 5 years when we renew; however,I thought the new rule was "test-after-2 years".( which in our case would have been last year). :think:

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Re: Tests for the over 70s

Postby fincalospinos » Tue Feb 21, 2023 9:44 am

If you are 70 or over, next time you renew your licence it will only be for 2 years.
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Re: Tests for the over 70s

Postby spanish_lad » Tue Feb 21, 2023 9:19 pm

I'm sorry to say it, and I'm sure alot of people will disagree with me, but I totally agree with it.
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Re: Tests for the over 70s

Postby costakid » Tue Feb 21, 2023 10:12 pm

spanish_lad wrote: Tue Feb 21, 2023 9:19 pm I'm sorry to say it, and I'm sure alot of people will disagree with me, but I totally agree with it.
because your only 50?

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Re: Tests for the over 70s

Postby dxf » Tue Feb 21, 2023 10:52 pm

spanish_lad wrote: Tue Feb 21, 2023 9:19 pm I'm sorry to say it, and I'm sure alot of people will disagree with me, but I totally agree with it.
Hola

It's every three years in the UK if you are over 70 I believe

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Re: Tests for the over 70s

Postby El Cid » Tue Feb 21, 2023 11:58 pm

And even then, you don’t even have to have an eye test! What a joke - the only country where blind people can get a driving licence renewed!

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Re: Tests for the over 70s

Postby jonbar.1 » Wed Feb 22, 2023 8:51 am

I agreee 100%( speaking as a 75 year old!) with Spanish Lad. :thumbup:

By the way Sid; we've always had eye-tests when we renew our licences.......along with the "Steering 2-cars-around- dotted lines" game :D

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Re: Tests for the over 70s

Postby gerryh » Wed Feb 22, 2023 9:22 am

I believe Sid was replying to DXF's post regarding the renewal process in the UK.
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Re: Tests for the over 70s

Postby jonbar.1 » Wed Feb 22, 2023 9:33 am

Aaah.
Apologies Sid. :thumbup:

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Re: Tests for the over 70s

Postby Pamela1 » Wed Feb 22, 2023 2:03 pm

So does the test come at a cost? I noticed on the link that the test has to be taken every 10yrs between the age of 18 and 65..

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Re: Tests for the over 70s

Postby gerryh » Wed Feb 22, 2023 2:29 pm

Yes, you have to pay for the test.
usually around the €40 mark.
Not a lot once every 10 years or every 2 years for us oldies.
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Re: Tests for the over 70s

Postby spanish_lad » Thu Feb 23, 2023 10:31 am

costakid wrote: Tue Feb 21, 2023 10:12 pm
spanish_lad wrote: Tue Feb 21, 2023 9:19 pm I'm sorry to say it, and I'm sure alot of people will disagree with me, but I totally agree with it.
because your only 50?
42 :lol: ... no, I wish my mum was forced to give up her licence. I saw her deterioting over time, and her driving got worse and worse. She refused to give up tho.

I see old people driving into work every day, and at the airport etc, and sometimes the way they drive and the things they do scare me.
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Re: Tests for the over 70s

Postby olive » Thu Feb 23, 2023 1:49 pm

We all know reactions slow with age, however not all old drivers are rubbish. With experience gained over years, common sense things like keeping a sensible distance from car in front , anticipating what other idiots are doing especially those in cars that weren’t even made with indicators.


Airport driving? There are nutcases that zoom around presumably time is money, they know the area intimately ( might even work there!) Then there are holiday makers , some never been to Malaga before and might even be used to driving on the other side. Maybe there is a case for a blanket 20 kmh speed limit within 5km of the airport.

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Re: Tests for the over 70s

Postby jonbar.1 » Thu Feb 23, 2023 3:27 pm

Even though I'm 75 ( so a qualified "oldie").
Before I retired I drove,through my job, all over Britain; averaging 50,000 miles per year.
In my experience there are two "driving-manaces":
1) idiots who drive too fast & dangerously
2) Old people who dodder about without a clue on the road.
I was never,personally,in the 1st catagory.
I just hope I have the decency to stop before I get to the 2nd.
There could be a case for Olive's airport/ speed restrictions though,I reckon.

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Re: Tests for the over 70s

Postby spanish_lad » Thu Feb 23, 2023 10:17 pm

olive wrote: Thu Feb 23, 2023 1:49 pm We all know reactions slow with age, however not all old drivers are rubbish.
I totally agree, but surely the test would be there to diferenciate - if you pass the test with flying colours you have nothing to worry about.

olive wrote: Thu Feb 23, 2023 1:49 pm Airport driving? There are nutcases that zoom around presumably time is money, they know the area intimately ( might even work there!) Then there are holiday makers , some never been to Malaga before and might even be used to driving on the other side. Maybe there is a case for a blanket 20 kmh speed limit within 5km of the airport.


I've soooo many accidents in my 15 years working there it's mad. Hire car drivers flipping cars on their roofs because they are racing, an older couple in a coma because they were hit from behind by a speeding hire car.. just today there was a car stopped on the main roundabout in front of niza cars, just sitting there for 5 minutes getting beeped at and he just stayed there, yes, he looked older.
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Re: Tests for the over 70s

Postby Manchesteral » Mon Jan 22, 2024 2:53 pm

jonbar.1 wrote: Tue Feb 21, 2023 8:26 am Re link below:
Does anyone have any further info on this?
https://euroweeklynews.com/2023/02/20/o ... -licences/
For example: We are over 70; (We renewed our licences 2 years ago); do we need to take a test immediately?
Is it the same test as when we renewed our licences?
Perhaps we get a certificate to carry on the car?
Any info appreciated.
Cheers JB
My friend renewed his licence recently he's 71, the doctor stuck the stethascope over his heart, tested his hearing and eysight and that was it job done !

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Re: Tests for the over 70s

Postby El Cid » Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:05 pm

The news article was confusing and incorrect. There was talk that the over 70’s would need to renew every 2 years. That didn’t happen and it is still 5 years. That said, depending on your assessment it can be for less. I know people who were given 1 year. I just renewed and got 3 years as my eyesight was just about OK. I had just had a cataract op and the vision hadn’t settled down.

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