Pressure lawmakers to repeal driving test law

I am an over-80 Illinois driver whose last accident was in 1980 when a 26-year old, rushing to take his bar exam, ran a red light and T-boned my car.

I have no objection to taking driving tests to occasionally prove that I can drive safely for two or three miles while someone watches me, but I do vehemently object to the discriminatory requirement that it must be done every year simply because of my birth date. And, to add insult, the secretary of state’s required online appointment “improvements” often mean that I must drive 20 or 30 extra miles every year to prove that I can safely make that very trip.

Please write to your state rep and ask them to support the elimination of this narrow-minded Illinois-only regulation by endorsing House Bill 4431.

William Murray

Palatine