We got to do something about these old people driving Test them once a year or every 6 months this is crazy
Talk radio in Boston lately has had discussion of the issue of elderly drivers. While many older drivers can be fine,
there have been incidents of “mistaking the gas pedal for
the brake”, etc. A couple years ago a doctor working in a hospital was killed by an elderly driver who smashed into
the office. Recently at a WalMart, a couple (aged 90 and 93)
were in a car which the driver crashed through the main door
(despite four huge poles set in front of the store), and a
1 yr old was in critical condition.
When do you “take the keys away”?
My own Dad is 88 and can no longer drive. I go down to Cape Cod (90 mi. away) once a month or so to help him shop, etc. (other siblings do their share too).
She's old and so she wasn't responsible... so let's get back to the 89-year-old shooter at the Holocaust Museum who, while irrelevently Democrat, was a deliberate representative of the extreme right-wing...
Just wondering:
An older person commits a horrible tort. IF she were sued, she’d have to be very rich or very well insured not to end up bankrupt.
Old, bankrupt — not a pretty picture.
So for many older people, it might be good to point out what the costs of failing to act their age might be — to wit, dying neglected in a charity or state run old-age home.
Scares the heck out of me, anyway.....
RIP.