Old guy behind the wheel
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Old guy behind the wheel
Dunno if this has been posted or not buthttp://www.msnbc.com/news/939947.asp?cp1=1
has not been posted from what i kno but its been all over the news. from what i have gathered a witnesses got the impression that the man was intentially trying to run into ppl but the old guy is saying he tried to stop but hit the accelerator instead of brake pedal. either way i think the elderly should be retested for driving ability
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But also think about it, they say 16 year olds shouldn't drive since they are the highest risk for an accident. To solve this they proposed moving the minimum age to 18. All this would do is make 18 year olds the highest risk, and send unexperienced drivers away from their neighborhoods where they would be most comfortable learning. It is a very big paradox is it not?
On the subject of the elderly, it is not necessarily because of age that their reflexes get slow. I've met a few old people who didn't look and almost hit me because they couldn't see through the steering wheel. However, there are other elderly who aren't the least bit of a risk. I've met many more like them. After age 65, when you begin collecting social security, you should go through another driving test to see if your reflexes are up to date. I am not "bashing" elderly people. There is much we can learn from them, and share with them. However, many of them are unsafe on the roads and are giving the rest of their age group a bad name.
But also think about it, they say 16 year olds shouldn't drive since they are the highest risk for an accident. To solve this they proposed moving the minimum age to 18. All this would do is make 18 year olds the highest risk, and send unexperienced drivers away from their neighborhoods where they would be most comfortable learning. It is a very big paradox is it not?
On the subject of the elderly, it is not necessarily because of age that their reflexes get slow. I've met a few old people who didn't look and almost hit me because they couldn't see through the steering wheel. However, there are other elderly who aren't the least bit of a risk. I've met many more like them. After age 65, when you begin collecting social security, you should go through another driving test to see if your reflexes are up to date. I am not "bashing" elderly people. There is much we can learn from them, and share with them. However, many of them are unsafe on the roads and are giving the rest of their age group a bad name.
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bazan wrote:But also think about it, they say 16 year olds shouldn't drive since they are the highest risk for an accident. To solve this they proposed moving the minimum age to 18. All this would do is make 18 year olds the highest risk, and send unexperienced drivers away from their neighborhoods where they would be most comfortable learning. It is a very big paradox is it not?
On the subject of the elderly, it is not necessarily because of age that their reflexes get slow. I've met a few old people who didn't look and almost hit me because they couldn't see through the steering wheel. However, there are other elderly who aren't the least bit of a risk. I've met many more like them. After age 65, when you begin collecting social security, you should go through another driving test to see if your reflexes are up to date. I am not "bashing" elderly people. There is much we can learn from them, and share with them. However, many of them are unsafe on the roads and are giving the rest of their age group a bad name.
My points exactly. There are good young drivers and good older drivers. I was saying to not lump all of them together, because they're not all the same. Often what the elderly lack in response time they more than make up for with the ability to see a problem coming and avoid it before it happens. This isn't true in all cases certainly, but often it is.
And believe me, I've been stuck behind the old guy wearing the fedora and doing ten under in the left lane while driving his (insert name of luxo-barge here). It's frustrating as hell. Everyone should have to abide by the same rules of the road and being old is no excuse to not follow them. The older and more experienced you are, the better you should know the rules, right?
And dammit, I can't see Buud's pics...
if any of you have ever seen my cardomain site with pics of the red pantera , it and a new porsche caerrera and lamborginhi is owned by a 95+y.o. man . and the scary thing is, is that he wears those catteract glasses because he is almost blind, and when he left our shop he almost t-boned the pantera into a brick wall 
repo man wrote:Please don't turn this into an elderly-bashing thread. The mallwalking bluehairs need to get around too! That's like saying 16 year olds shouldn't drive because they have no driving experience.
haha thats right kiddies respect your elders we know repo aint gettin any younger haha:pface
but anyway some old people just cant drive for ****, thats why my car looks like an accordian right now. I'm not sayin every older guy cuz you know repo and hitman both drive fine as of now.
i second that on not seeing buds pics.
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One thing is for certain. As a direct result of this incident, you can be sure that California state legis. will find a way to incorporate more tests, more documentation and more red tape into the whole process of owning/operating a motor vehicle.
And maybe on some level that's a good thing, there are a ton of elderly drivers that just shouldn't be behind the wheel, but it seems this will just become another excuse for a state to enact money-leeching, pork-barrel laws that only result in more fines. That's what I look into my crystal hookah and see.
just my two million lira. (= $.02)
And maybe on some level that's a good thing, there are a ton of elderly drivers that just shouldn't be behind the wheel, but it seems this will just become another excuse for a state to enact money-leeching, pork-barrel laws that only result in more fines. That's what I look into my crystal hookah and see.
just my two million lira. (= $.02)
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I was on I-35 one day in rush hour traffic goin north and there was this old guy in the left hand lane going the wrong way don't ask me how but he was sitting there pointed the wrong way while everyone was flipping him off and screaming at him. I thought it was hilarious but the guy definetly shouldnt have been out there.