| Title | Proposed Revision of the Test and Holding Requirements for the Occupational Driver Licenses |
| Dept | Transportation Technology and Information Division |
| Year | 2004 |
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| Summary | Published in March 2004 IOT SERIAL NO. 93-11-3255, 134 pp. This research was conducted under the instruction of Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) to justify whether the present regulations about age limit 60 for the occupational drivers could be extended to age 65. Based on the review of foreign systems, literatures, and limited domestic work, the associations between driver age, functional capabilities, accident involvements, and medical conditions were collected. These associations were used to summarize the essential items to check the validity of occupational driver license so that the feasible system for regulating the safety of the drivers could be generated. Limited by the technical difficulties of constructing the medical examination standards in a short time, this study proposed short-term measures and long-term suggestions on the revision of the present system, respectively. The short-term scheme covers the following requirements. The general rule for the age limit of occupational drivers was still suggested to be 60 years, as the status quo. To follow the precedent of taxi drivers’ regulation, the other kinds of occupational drivers might be extended to 65 years under stricter fitness-to-drive checking and the checking interval was set to be one year for drivers aged 60 or over. The revised fitness-to-drive checking should include risky behavior checking, medical checkup, and physical examination to reduce the accident risk. Four implementation strategies for the short-term scheme were proposed as well, including the amendment of related rules, the consultation of the medical professionals, the redesign of the management flow, and the planning of the safety lectures. However, the short-term measures were not superior to the present system in all aspects. Since it simply dominated the present scheme in the equity principle, whether the present system needed revision would be a policy decision of the MOTC. In addition, we proposed the following long-term suggestions for the improvements of occupational drivers’ fitness-to-drive. To take the individual basis into the checking mechanism instead of the general age limit. To set the examination standards according to drivers’ occupation or vehicle classification. To emphasize the functional capabilities and driving behavior under equal consideration. To establish the Medical Committee under the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency. To set up the regular checking scheme on the fitness-to-drive for the ordinary drivers. |
| Post date | 2005/08/15 |
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