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Fla. Woman, 81, Crashes Car at Dealership
AP National News ^
| April 15, 2005, 11:46 AM EDT
| Associated Press
Posted on 04/15/2005 12:15:31 PM PDT by soundandvision
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- An 81-year-old woman preparing to take a test drive at a car dealership hit her husband, a salesman, a car and a tree before running into a wall. "She must have panicked," said Joe Sica, sales manager at Honda of Fort Myers.
The new Honda Accord shot backward after Dorothy Byrum got behind the wheel....the car was written off.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: elderly
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To: AQGeiger
I didn't know a car could "shoot backward" of it's own accord.If it was a SUV it would have done this all on its own...
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posted on
04/15/2005 12:21:23 PM PDT
by
frogjerk
To: Lekker 1
Picture taken next to the old folks home?
To: soundandvision
Panicked? Panicked??! At what? Perhaps a menacing-looking SUV was staring at her; sizing her up; preparing to pounce. They always single out the elderly, the young, and the sick or injured.
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posted on
04/15/2005 12:22:06 PM PDT
by
Redcloak
(But what do I know? I'm just a right-wing nut in his PJs whackin' on a keyboard..)
To: Cinnamon Girl
Wow, an elderly person losing control of a car and crashing. You don't hear that every single day... :) sorry
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
04/15/2005 12:23:08 PM PDT
by
RexBeach
("I can see it now. You and the moon. You wear a necktie so I'll know you." -Groucho Marx)
To: AQGeiger
This conspiracy where the car companies only sell cars with gas pedals that get stuck to the senior citizens is terrible!
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posted on
04/15/2005 12:24:20 PM PDT
by
TNCMAXQ
To: soundandvision
The south park 'senior citizens driving' episode comes to mind.
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posted on
04/15/2005 12:24:57 PM PDT
by
flashbunny
(Any discussion involving cats apparently requires the abandonment of logic by cat lovers.)
To: mlc9852
Re:#8
If you kept your oldsters and dems at home where they belong we would'nt be so duh.
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posted on
04/15/2005 12:25:03 PM PDT
by
Dedbone
To: soundandvision
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posted on
04/15/2005 12:25:59 PM PDT
by
Phantom Lord
(Advantages are taken, not handed out)
To: soundandvision
States should seriously think about re-testing senior citizens every 2 or 3 years once they pass the age of 70.
To: soundandvision
What's age got to do with it? I thought all woman drove like that.
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posted on
04/15/2005 12:27:04 PM PDT
by
duckman
(I refuse to use a tag line...I mean it.)
To: soundandvision
It was her first time behind the wheel ~ that'll panic anyone. ;);)
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posted on
04/15/2005 12:27:16 PM PDT
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: Dedbone
Yeah, but then Fla. would be such a boring place!
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posted on
04/15/2005 12:27:25 PM PDT
by
mlc9852
To: hispanichoosier
I agree with you there.. operating a motor vehicle is serious business.
To: duckman
Only if they get a good bead on their husband!
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posted on
04/15/2005 12:28:21 PM PDT
by
mlc9852
To: hispanichoosier
States should seriously think about re-testing senior citizens every 2 or 3 years once they pass the age of 70. I have long contended the same. I am surprised that states haven't instituted retesting for all drivers every 5 years or so just as a revenue raising scheme.
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posted on
04/15/2005 12:28:37 PM PDT
by
Phantom Lord
(Advantages are taken, not handed out)
To: Phantom Lord
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posted on
04/15/2005 12:28:38 PM PDT
by
CougarGA7
(The auto-focus on my photographic memory is broken.)
To: frogjerk
on it's own Accord---a Honda joke?
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posted on
04/15/2005 12:29:03 PM PDT
by
Rakkasan1
(The MRS wanted to go to an expensive place to eat so I took her to the gas station.)
To: A Ruckus of Dogs
This is often the kind of incident that ends a senior's independent life and lands him or her in a nursing home for the remainder. I know; it happened to my father.
To: AQGeiger
"I didn't know a car could "shoot backward" of it's own accord. "
that's why it's called the honda accord.
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