Posted on 08/16/2006 6:23:14 PM PDT by nhoward14
Cars run into houses.
It happens fairly often - but seldom is there an exit wound.
Helen Holt’s Garland home suffered just such an injury Wednesday, when the 62-year-old drove a neighbor’s car into the front of her own house, through the garage and kitchen, out the back, across the yard, through the fence, across the alley and into a ditch.
“I was thinking, ‘I’m just going to try to get it in my driveway and get it stopped,” she said. “But it accelerated and the brakes wouldn’t work.”
(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...
Another case of operator error, methinks....
Why is it that older people can't figure out the gas from the brake?
The same reason they will spend an hour looking for their glasses when they are hanging on their neck...
senility.
I heard she had her shoes on the wrong feet.
This lady is 62. That's not exactly ancient.
Old enough for her to lose her license for her demonstrable inability to drive.
That's the gas pedal, dumb@$$.
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