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Driver disrupts Goodview parade(old geezer in Cadillac
upset over people in the street)
Winona Daily/in-forum.com ^
| 8-23-05
| winona daily news
Posted on 08/23/2005 9:52:07 PM PDT by Rakkasan1
Officials in the southeastern Minnesota town of Goodview are relieved nobody was hurt in their annual parade.
An 86-year-old woman drove into the parade Sunday, frightening spectators and participants.
Police Chief LaVern Hauschildt says it's a miracle no one was injured.
Police say the woman turned her red Cadillac directly into the oncoming parade. She nearly struck several children and adults, and almost mowed down a girl's gymnastics team, as she reached speeds of 35 to 50 miles an hour.
An officer tracked her down at home. The chief says the driver was upset police hadn't kept people off the streets while she was trying to drive on them.
The woman was ticketed for careless driving. Goodview has asked the state to evaluate her fitness to drive.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: driver; geezer; goodview; mn; parade
damn you folk dancin' in the street
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posted on
08/23/2005 9:52:10 PM PDT
by
Rakkasan1
To: Rakkasan1
We took my Grandfather's car keys away when he was 83 years old. He had had 3 minor fender-benders in the preceeding 6 months, and was convinced that he was a great driver.
IMHO, after your 65th birthday, you should have to take a drivers competency test every year.
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posted on
08/23/2005 9:57:13 PM PDT
by
clee1
(We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
To: Rakkasan1
Granny sez: "It's my way on the highway!"
To: Rakkasan1
YIKES! :D
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posted on
08/23/2005 9:58:37 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
To: Rakkasan1
First Farmers Markets....now parades....what will these grey hairs mow down next?
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posted on
08/23/2005 10:00:13 PM PDT
by
Feiny
(The only way to bag a classy lady is to give her two tickets to the gun show... ...)
To: Rakkasan1
What year was the Cadillac?
To: The Worthless Miracle
doesn't say, but the left blinker was permanently on...
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posted on
08/23/2005 10:05:26 PM PDT
by
Rakkasan1
(DON'T BICKER, DRINK LIQUOR-DON'T THINK, JUST DRINK.)
To: Rakkasan1
I have always maintained that all a terr perp needs is a 1973 Buick speeding down crowded sidewalks.
They worry about guns and explosives, but who is driving the taxi in your city tonight.
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posted on
08/23/2005 10:05:41 PM PDT
by
Ursus arctos horribilis
("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
To: Rakkasan1
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posted on
08/23/2005 10:11:01 PM PDT
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: ncountylee
Lets change your wording to Geezerette, and not Geezer.
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posted on
08/23/2005 10:38:20 PM PDT
by
BooBoo1000
(Some times I wake up grumpy, other times I let her sleep/)
To: battlegearboat
It's always the old folks that have those "mysterious stuck accelerator pedals".
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posted on
08/23/2005 11:13:55 PM PDT
by
glorgau
To: The Worthless Miracle
Granny drives an Escalade when not on her chopper.
To: Ursus arctos horribilis
To: Rakkasan1
The chief says the driver was upset police hadn't kept people off the streets while she was trying to drive on them. While she was trying to drive on the people? There are places in Florida she could go to where she would fit right in.
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posted on
08/24/2005 12:48:24 AM PDT
by
Wilhelm Tell
(True or False? This is not a tagline.)
To: Wilhelm Tell
If you don't like the way she's drivin just keep your ass off the sidewalk!!!
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posted on
08/24/2005 5:32:13 AM PDT
by
Sterco
To: battlegearboat
Terr perp = terrorist perpetrator.
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posted on
08/24/2005 8:23:50 AM PDT
by
Ursus arctos horribilis
("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
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