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Editorial: Le Monde

Pour la fin du permis de conduire à vie
Feb. 28, 2024

  • A measure is proposed in the EU to end the lifetime driving license.
  • A medical examination is suggested every fifteen years after the license issue to keep reflexes, vision, and hearing checked.
  • The implied measure aims to reduce road deaths by 50% by 2030.
  • In 2022, approximately 20,000 people were killed in traffic accidents in the EU.
  • The end of the lifetime license should only make a small contribution to the goal.
  • The need for this measure is justified in preventing unnecessary accidents and making it easier for families to decide to revoke a family member's driving license when it is no longer safe.

Conclusion: Although the end of the lifetime license may be a small contribution, the principle would have broad consensus. The modalities of this proposal deserve to be debated and are welcomed positively by the majority.