When will you draw lots for your driver's license?
12 122 On October 22nd, the Ministry of Public Security held a press conference to announce12 new policies on motor vehicle management. Among them, the most interesting thing for netizens was to "cancel the upper age limit of 70 years for small cars, small automatic cars and mopeds to apply for driving licenses."
This means that you can also take a driver's license if you are over 70. According to relevant departments, this is a new demand to adapt to the development of an aging society. For the elderly over 70 who apply for a driver's license, the relevant departments will increase the ability tests such as memory, judgment and responsiveness to ensure that their physical condition meets the requirements of safe driving, and they need a physical examination once a year.
It seems that in addition to square dancing, sending grandchildren to school, fishing and planting flowers, the old man has another place to go in his later years. In the long run, this will help to promote automobile sales (including the circulation of used cars) and promote related GDP growth-the more elderly people there are, the bigger this market will be!
After talking about advantages, let's talk about disadvantages. A large number of elderly people driving on the road may increase the cost of traffic management. Moreover, it does not rule out that the elderly suddenly died without oil and lights when driving, leading to serious traffic accidents. Personally, I think that the most valuable and legally easiest application scenario of autonomous driving technology is to take over the driving of the vehicle and park it safely on the side of the road when the driver suddenly loses consciousness, and then call for rescue.
So, what does the driving school think of this new regulation?
In this regard, AutoLab interviewed Mr. Zhao, the person in charge of enrollment in a driving school. Mr. Zhao said that before that, the only way for China people to take a driver's license test was to register for driving and then take a driver's license test, which was the "last step" of driving, and there was a continuous subordinate relationship between "learning" and "taking the test". If the law at that time allowed the elderly over 70 to apply for a motor vehicle driver's license, then the driving school could not refuse the application of the elderly over 70 to learn driving in the driving school.
However, later "learning" and "examination" were separated. Learning to drive and driving test are two independent systems. Many returnees did not learn to drive in domestic driving schools, but directly signed up for the domestic driver's license. At present, the driving test registration is still undertaken by the driving school. Driving schools have no right to refuse people over the age of 70 to take the driving test, but they have the right to refuse people over the age of 70 to take the driving test. "Driving training is not compulsory education, such as skydiving and diving skills training. Different schools have their own age restrictions. "
According to Mr. Zhao, if people over 70 are accepted to learn driving, the cost and risk of driving school will increase.
Mr. Zhao said that his driving school had received a 68-year-old student before, who was said to be the father-in-law of a leader. Because I always wanted to learn to drive, I was placed in a driving school. No coach is willing to take over such a student. Later, the driving school "forcibly allocated" this special student by lottery.
Traditionally, a coach takes three students at a time and uses a coach car, which has always been very peaceful. Later, I studied subject three and had to drive on the road, and the problem broke out. When old students drive, their senses and reactions are half a beat slower than those of young students, which leads to dangerous situations on the road. Finally, they scraped the car and called the insurance company after calling the police, which delayed a lot of time. So that the other two students are no longer willing to share a car with them.
Later, this coach car became the exclusive coach car of the 68-year-old student, and the coach became his "personal coach". As we all know, the number of students and teaching cycle determine the income of driving school coaches, so the coach resigned before the end of subject three and transferred to another driving school. As a last resort, the driving school persuaded another coach to take over with many promises, and finally let the "leading father-in-law" get his driver's license and leave.
Since then, Mr. Zhao's driving school has never received students over the age of 60.
Mr. Zhao said that in fact, it is not excluded that some elderly people over 70 years old are in good mental and physical condition and have a keen sensory response-this belongs to the category of "excellent in small probability". But for the driving school coach, there is no way for him to judge whether the students of this age are "excellent in small probability" before he has a deep understanding. In other words, traditional driving schools are unwilling to take risks for "small probability of Excellence", so the practice of high probability can only be "one size fits all".
In fact, the practice of driving school is also correct. In the final analysis, there is a conflict between the traditional driving training mode and the learning needs in the new period.
How to meet the needs of the elderly to learn to drive?
The country's opening of the driver's license to apply for the upper limit of 70 years old has actually opened up another level of business opportunities.
After learning to take a driver's license, most elderly people actually have no urgent driving needs.
These old people were under the planned economy when they were young. At that time, ordinary people couldn't afford cars. The cars are all owned by the company, and the drivers are great. At that time, many young people were looking forward to the career of driver. Later, when people became rich, they could buy a car, and they were old, but their yearning for drivers was still somewhat warm.
Whether it's square dancing or indulging in the promotion of health care products, in fact, the essence is that the elderly are afraid of loneliness, of being out of touch with society, and of not being able to reflect their own values. In this case, for the elderly, the social role of learning to drive is greater than the actual skill training. Money is not a problem, and the elderly care more about the process of learning than the result of learning-just like the "university for the elderly" now.
Since there are universities for the elderly, there should be driving schools for the elderly in society. Its training methods and even exam AIDS should be adjusted for the elderly. For example, in the first exam of the subject, the elderly are not skilled in computer operation. At this time, relevant personnel should be assisted to operate.
In addition, one-on-one private education services can be launched for senior colleges, and the fees are higher than those of traditional driving schools. Coaches have experienced relevant training, can understand the psychology of the elderly, understand the first aid procedures of the elderly, and can provide better services for senior students. In addition, it would be great if the red flag car could be used as a coach car-people in those days had more or less stories about the red flag car.
In addition, it is not excluded that the elderly need to team up as "chartered coaches". Three old men or women with good relationships can charter a car with a coach. In this case, how to grasp the class hours and control risks needs to be studied by relevant institutions.
In short, the driving school market for the elderly may be as good as the health care products market for the elderly in the future.
How do foreign countries face the problem of aging drivers?
Unlike China's relaxation of the age limit for applying for a driver's license, the policy trend in many developed countries is tightening. Relatively speaking, all developed countries in the world experienced the problem of aging drivers earlier than China.
Japan plans to issue special driver's licenses to elderly drivers and restrict them from buying and driving cars equipped with special safety features, such as cars equipped with AEB active emergency braking system, anti-lock braking system and other active safety technologies. According to the relevant data of Japan, the case of elderly drivers mistakenly stepping on the accelerator as a brake has been high.
In addition, Japan also tried to replace the specially recognized license plate for the elderly driver's model, so that other drivers on the road could be vigilant when they saw this car. Interestingly, this move is actually very good. Many elderly Japanese drivers who are unwilling to give up their driver's licenses voluntarily turned in and gave up their driver's licenses after replacing them with "old license plates".
The reason is that the Japanese people, especially the elderly, have a lot of face-it is very unpopular to give up their seats on buses and subways in Japan, because the elderly in Japan do not want to be regarded as "old people" by others. Under such a state of mind, how can an elderly driver be willing to put up with hanging a license plate unique to elderly car owners in the government? ?
In Germany and some states in the United States, the government is more willing to fiddle with the car insurance system-the older the driver, the higher the premium, which prompted many elderly drivers to voluntarily give up their driver's licenses. However, insurance companies still offer 9% discount for vehicles equipped with AEB active emergency braking system.
There are also some countries that restrict the time and distance that the elderly drive every day-for example, they can't drive during rush hours, and they can't drive more than 10 kilometers where they live ... People who buy food can, but they can't go to road trip!
I think China should learn from it.
This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.