I don't think it is really practical to re sit a test. It would be great if you were retested ever 10 years or so, but there is a 6 week waiting list for first time tests locally, so I think the logistics are against it. I think a medical would be a good idea. As an HGV driver (PSV drivers as well) I have to have a medical every 5 years (after the age of 45). At least this checks you are not blind or deaf!! As to what to do about the test; well it is just too short. Whilst you might be able to say someone can't drive in 30 mins, you can't go through every sort of hazard to check people can. For instance, my HGV test was 90 mins (so already 3 times as long as a car), but in that time I had to do 2 manouvering excercises, explain how to couple a trailer etc. This probably left about 50 - 60 mins actual driving. As our local HGV test centre is out in the sticks, it took about 20 mins to get to a town. Now driving in the country is easy, but driving around town is the tricky bit. So I was assessed on about 10 mins of town driving, which frankly isn't enough. Also, as I said in the earlier question, in Germany you have to do motorway and night driving. Of course this would be a pain for someone who lived in say, Inverness, where the nearest motorway is about 2 hours away. All in all, we just have to make the best of what we've got and I don't think there is the money or inclination to set up a safer/better system.