She was driving 120km/h in a 50km/h school zone.
Your license is valid for 10 years and to renew it you have to re-test. Most states could double the dmv budget and barely blink and if it was federal it would be even easierā¦ but we canāt have nice things, and more idiots on the roads crashing means more cars, more sales, more insurance, more collisions, more chaos, more more more!
Iāve lived in countries where test validity decreases with age. So a senior would be tested more frequently.
The nature of the test is important too. If your test canāt capture risky behavior, itās not doing much.
Sure! Iāll talk in generic terms here because these regulations tend to change with time and each country will have their own particularities.
You have your license validity and test validity, they are not coupled. Your license is never valid for longer than your test, and it expires so the government can update your picture, check documents, make sure you pay your fines, etc.
There are also follow-up tests that you must pass after getting your license. They are not a full test, so itās cheaper to run, but intended to check you still know your basics, are up to date in major regulations, still maintain minimal aptitude for driving, etc.
Iāll come up with an example, bear in mind I didnāt research actual numbers because that would depend on where in the world youāre looking at. So perhaps you need to retest one year after first getting your license, then 5 years, then every 10. But then, if youāre over 55, you need to retest every 5 years. Then every 3 years if youāre over 65. Then finally every year if youāre over 75.
Brazil and Germany had some rules like that but not all, in some shape. I donāt know what their current regulations are.
