Illinois wants a New Law to Permanently Test Older Drivers

Why does the state of Illinois want to simultaneously raise the age requirement for mandatory driving tests for senior citizens while also making it permanent? Here is what you need to know...

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A COVID-19 era mandate is set to expire but the leaders of the Land of Lincoln want to permanently make changes to when Senior Citizens are required to take driver's tests. According to ABC 7 Chicago...

"Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias wants to maintain high age requirements for senior driving tests...permanently increasing the age requirement for mandatory driving tests from 75 to 79...Giannoulias recommends increasing the requirement for driving tests from 75 to 79 because studies show senior drivers are among the safest in the state, and Illinois would continue to have the strictest driving renewal laws in the nation."

The article goes on to say how this was a measure put in during the pandemic, my guess is that this was put in place to try and limit the number of people who had to go into DMVs for face-to-face interactions, to read more, click here!

I will say this doesn't surprise me...The state of Illinois has never gone back to wanting DMVs to look like they did pre-pandemic and so this will just keep things going as is. Also, I am surprised to hear that the senior drivers are among the safest in the state, that has to be due to the fact that they don't text and drive. And is anyone shocked that Illinois has the strictest driving renewal laws in the US? It feels like we have the strictest everything in the US...