Fla. Woman, 81, Crashes Car at Dealership

AP National News ^ | April 15, 2005, 11:46 AM EDT | Associated Press

[VRWCmember]

I didn't know a car could "shoot backward" of it's own Accord.

Well, after all, it WAS a Honda dealership.

[monday]

Test drive accidents are more common than you might think. People are looking at the car, not traffic or the road. A common accident is people pulling out into traffic and getting hit during a test drive.

Thats why many dealerships on busy streets will have the salesman drive the car to a less congested area first before turning over control to the customer.

[GSlob]

"If it was a SUV... "
A SUV would take the whole neighborhood down. Thank God it was a Honda Accord.

[anniegetyourgun]

She shouldn't be driving anymore.

[VRWCmember]

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.

Is this Clara Harris's grandmother perhaps?

[NRA1995]

Cars can shoot now?

[tiredoflaundry]

Why did they need a new car? Did she wreck the one they had?

[eagle_sight]

"What's age got to do with it? I thought all woman drove like that."

I thought all men drove recklessly.

~good driver who happens to be a woman.

[Petronski]

I didn't know a car could "shoot backward" of it's own accord.

[GeekDejure]

She must have tried to drive one of those new fangled cars where they switch the gas and brake peddle around.
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No . . . I think it was newer fangled car . . . NO PEDALS . . . works by thought control. Someone should contact George Felos !!! ;-))

[Fintan]

Geez, imagine if it were an SUV...

[tiredoflaundry]

Oh brudder!!!!!!!!!! lol

[OXENinFLA]

peddle = pedals

OOPS!!

Well, I did get Brakes right and didn't say Breaks.

[discostu]

I got a speeding ticket on my last test drive, you really aren't at your best during a test drive.

[highnoon]

"Panicked? Panicked??! At what?"

At being behind the wheel after 30 years.

[verity]

And they vote as effectively as they drive.

[Darksheare]

LOL!
I remember the first time behind the wheel of an SUV.
Complete personality change.
First thing I asked was "What can I run over in this?"





Then my Sarge told me to get out of the Humvee.

[Obadiah]

Oops!

[Arrowhead1952]

"Panicked? Panicked??! At what?"

Sticker shock.

[A Ruckus of Dogs]

States should seriously think about re-testing senior citizens every 2 or 3 years once they pass the age of 70.

I agree. But won't happen because the AARP will cry age discrimination and insist that seniors' sensibilities are more important than the lives of accident victims.