Overview
- Coverage on Aug. 22–23 revealed a testo‑base of the Codice della strada that would add geriatric checks at 80 and automatic driving limits from 85 years of age.
- The draft would place three automatic restrictions on anyone renewing after 85: no motorway driving, zero blood‑alcohol tolerance, and a 100‑kilometre limit from their residence.
- Those limits would be applied when renewals are done by a single examining physician (medico monocratico) and could only be reviewed case‑by‑case by a local Medical Commission (CML).
- The CML route requires drivers to authorize access to their electronic health record and its detailed procedures must be set later by a joint ministerial decree from Health and Infrastructure, creating a possible interim period with automatic limits but no operating appeal process.
- Advocates and commentators warn the measures could reduce mobility for rural and dependent older people and raise legal and practical questions about access to reviews, timing of decrees, and the balance between road safety and personal autonomy.