Elderly Drivers in Japan - Page 2

PurpleBunny · ‎03-09-2010

@elated wrote:
I heard on the news that they are encouraging people over 75 to surrender their driver's license. There are approximately 4.8 million drivers over 75. If they do, they will get a discount on their funeral. Good promotion!!!

They were offering them free Ramen a few years ago. Seriously.

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Nuttmeg · ‎03-09-2010

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/29/swap-driving-licence-cheap-noodles-discount-japan-olde...

ChynnaBlue · ‎05-22-2012

@Noel7 wrote:
@ChynnaBlue wrote:
@tansy wrote:
That's an odd enticement.
Right? I think a free pass for all public transportation or a ride service would be a better trade for a driver's license.
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@ChynnaBlue

I think so, too.

It sounds more like something from The Onion, but sure enough, it's true. It seems they've had a recent uptick in accidents involving elderly people confusing the gas and the brake pedals.

Here's an article about it: http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-39327663

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Tinkrbl44 · ‎08-23-2010

@ChynnaBlue wrote:
@tansy wrote:
That's an odd enticement.
Right? I think a free pass for all public transportation or a ride service would be a better trade for a driver's license.

@ChynnaBlue

I was thinking the same thing ..... FREE public transportation for life seems more practical .... and a much better enticement.

qualitygal · ‎10-04-2010

Incredible! So if it was me, at 75, they'd say, let's get you off the road, you're a danger out there. But, sidebar, your prize will be money off on your funeral! Woopie do. Boy is that ever something to look forward to. They leave out, how do you get around if you are in it alone? What about those people? They have to fend for themselves at that stage of their lives. I think not. It's the only independence some of them have. How old are the people that thought that beauty up?

sidsmom · ‎11-25-2011

America is burying the lead.

The story is not surrendering licenses,

it's the fact it's a funeral tie-in.

Japan has been offering surrendering license

discounts on many different things for many years.

PurpleBunny · ‎03-09-2010

@Nuttmeg wrote:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/29/swap-driving-licence-cheap-noodles-discount-japan-olde...

Yup! That's what I was referring to.

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2blonde · ‎03-10-2010

Let me keep my Mustang and just toss my dead body in the incinerator!

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Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

@ChynnaBlue wrote:
@Noel7 wrote:
@ChynnaBlue wrote:
@tansy wrote:
That's an odd enticement.
Right? I think a free pass for all public transportation or a ride service would be a better trade for a driver's license.
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@ChynnaBlue

I think so, too.
It sounds more like something from The Onion, but sure enough, it's true. It seems they've had a recent uptick in accidents involving elderly people confusing the gas and the brake pedals.

Here's an article about it: http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-39327663

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@ChynnaBlue

It does sound like The Onion, LOL!

maestra · ‎03-09-2010

In Japanese culture death is as important as life is, hence, the offer to 'upgrade' a funeral.

I think the idea of free transport in exchange for surrender of diver's license is the best deal. CT had my mother surrender her license and she sometimes struggles for rides to her doctor.

I live very far away from her.