Why elderly shouldn't drive!

[Mtx]

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - One day after an 86-year-old man lost control of his car and barreled for three blocks through a crowded street market in Santa Monica, the number of dead rose to 10 on Thursday as police considered possible charges against the driver.



Here's the link:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=3&u=/nm/20030717/ts_nm/crash_california_dc



I've had a few near hits with old people driving. They are a hazard and most of them shouldn't be on the road. Their reflexs are far to slow. :mad:

[xuur]

define "old"

*eyes him suspiciously*

[r3d]

Originally posted by xuur
define "old"

*eyes him suspiciously*

50+ ;]

[xuur]

*whew*

missed me by *makes a pinching motion* that much.

[r3d]

Acaulty, 82 isent that old, Its still old but my grandpa is like 60 something and he still keeps fit, hes got better reflexes then ever and he can drive just fine, I only think that like 80 + is pushing the driving limit, you know?

[diluted]

you're exactly right. the elderly shouldn't drive.

[Corrosion]

lol i found out about that about 2 hours ago when my teacher talked about it and said old people shouldn't drive.... then on the board he drew an old person + car and an X over it

[Derfud]

I think they should have a driving evaluation at 75.

[diluted]

yea my 87 year old grandfather used to drive without a license and the dumbfuck hit everything he saw. the car was great but after a little while with him driving it there were dents everywhere. we even found a looong scratch alongside the car. probably from him scraping against someone in a parking lot or something. what an idiot. ;)

[Sputty]

A Toronto woman hit a pedestrian, dragged the person, caught to the car, to her house, went in and went to sleep. The next day the children found the body and all the blood. Old people suck.

[Crono]

Originally posted by Sputty
A Toronto woman hit a pedestrian, dragged the person, caught to the car, to her house, went in and went to sleep. The next day the children found the body and all the blood. Old people suck.

Heh, I think I remember that.

[Sputty]

Yeah, that was weird
Get on TS BTW

[Crono]

Originally posted by Sputty
Yeah, that was weird
Get on TS BTW

Egh... I'll be there in a bit.

[Squeeky]

Originally posted by xuur
*whew*

missed me by *makes a pinching motion* that much.


:rofl:

Old dudes playing PS. 'Least your hip for your age :D

[Lonehunter]

I hope that old gets Life in jail (10-20 years).

Edit: Well maybe not life :(

[Mtx]

Originally posted by Lonehunter187
I hope that old gets Life in jail (10-20 years).

Edit: Well maybe not life :(

See that brings up a good question. How do you punish old people? Sticking them in jail isn't a solution. :confused:

[Lonehunter]

How do you figure?

[Bismarck]

You take away their bingo and oldsmobiles.

Cruel and unusual punishment??....maybe

[HawkEye]

how can an old person lose control of a vehicle when there speed is half of the speed limit or slower?

[AsylumX]

cus old drivers are teh suck, lol

AsylumX

[Destroyeron]

Originally posted by Derfud
I think they should have a driving evaluation at 75.

yup or maybe like, every 10 years or something

[BUGGER]

every hour would be better.......








o an old peeps shouldn't driv. trust me, if ya got a grandpa lik mine that wants to see the football game after church, an ur house is on a big ass mountain road, u wish he would just drive the car off the road already.:o

[Jaged]

Yeah, I live near where that happened. I only heard that 6 people died.

[BUGGER]

Originally posted by Lonehunter187
I hope that old gets Life in jail (10-20 years).

Edit: Well maybe not life :( no life, maybe lik 10 years, cuase that was a simple accident that a old geezer cant stop. either he goes for 10-20 years (or the rest of his life since he's so old), or ther is gona be a law change in the drivng department.

[Mtx]

Maybe we could sentence them to life in a old persons home. They're like prisons aren't they? :D

[Recster]

How can you drive THREE blocks and not notice that there are people hitting your car?

[BUGGER]

Originally posted by Mtx
Maybe we could sentence them to life in a old persons home. They're like prisons aren't they? :D yea but he'll probably take his walker and start running over guards.:D

[Corrosion]

Originally posted by Mtx
Maybe we could sentence them to life in a old persons home. They're like prisons aren't they? :D

Hey! you take that back..... my mom owns one....:D

[WickedDeus]

10 people died, out of them one was 3 years and the last was 7months old. He said he mistaken the gas pedel of the brake.

[Squeeky]

Originally posted by Corrosion
Hey! you take that back..... my mom owns one....:D

:rofl: at your ssig

[Happy lil Elf]

Someone on another board I frequent actually said "I've seen young people do much worse". I mean, where? Was he perhaps on a trip to Israel and saw a Palistinian driving a suicide bus or something? The guy drove for about three blocks mowing people down. It doesn't get mch worse than that, does it?

[mistled]

Just heard on the radio that they haven't decided whether to press charges or not. wtf is that??

[WickedDeus]

Path
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Russell Weller
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Car
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[Lonehunter]

Originally posted by {BOHICA}mistled
Just heard on the radio that they haven't decided whether to press charges or not. wtf is that??

If he would have been a teenager he would all ready be locked up

[Spider]

I'll be damned the gramps is still alive? :O_O:

I think he came from a movie theater and just watched too fast too furious! yup I blame it on movies! Like murderers blame eminem and his music :lol:

Damn old people and their rebel ways!

[Spider]

and he barreled.... so how can he stop if the car is tumbling like crazy?

[Happy lil Elf]

So you're saying his car rolled for 3 blocks? It probably just started rolling when he stopped hitting people and found something more substantial in his way.

[GonePostal]

black women high on ecstacy and crack shouldnt be aloud to drive


stupid lady in pittsburgh hit some old dude and he got lodged in her windshield so she drove home and parked in her garage and left hi there to bleed to death overnight, she called a friend and asked what she should do

now that stupid crackhead gets 50+L with parole of course cuz that would just be unjust not to give her a second chance:mad:

[Hamma]

Lock that focker up for his last few months in this world.

[BUGGER]

it took him that long to find the brake peddal? i mean go damn, i bet he was going in a strait line for a minute or 2 and finally decided to take his foot off the pedal an onto the brake......yea lock him up.