The European Union wants elderly people (70+) to undergo medical tests from now on to prove that they are still capable of driving a car every five years. However, the proposal has been met with a lot of criticism.

  • @Akasazh
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    310 months ago

    How to determine when the last 18 start, though?

    • @RGB3x3@lemmy.world
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      1010 months ago

      At 19. You vote at 18 or not at all. Let’s see just how chaotic we can make this world.

    • nudny ekscentryk
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      10 months ago

      Well insurance companies have all the models necessary for that. It’s actually called actuary and it’s a field of mathematics.

      Or, average national lifespan

      • @Akasazh
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        210 months ago

        I hear that in Germany comedy is no laughing matter…

        • @brainrein@feddit.de
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          2210 months ago

          That is true. We like the Monty Pythons more than anyone else does, we adore them! But we would never diminish this feeling by laughing about their jokes. Instead we do argue for hours about the philosophical implications of a silly walk.

          • @Akasazh
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            110 months ago

            Yeah, with a philosopher like Beckenbauer that’s exactly what I’d suspect.

            However the efficiency of the killing joke does make one wonder how the primordial laughter gets unlocked. Alas, we’ll never know.