can't believe this hasnt been posted here yet.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/07/1...ash/index.html
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can't believe this hasnt been posted here yet.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/07/1...ash/index.html
I know driving keeps the elderly from feeling useless, but d@mn! Sometimes the just shouldn't drive!:mad:
On another note: This one is kinda sad and scarry, too.
This is one of those times where age-discrimination is completely appropriate.
My solution to these kinds of problems?
- No more drivers licenses. Licenses to reproduce would be far more benefitial.
- Driving tests will be replaced by driving audits. This means that at some point during every five-year period, someone will follow you around for a week and watch how you drive, with you, the driver, totally unaware.
- Heart monitors hooked directly into the braking system of the vehicle for all motorists over 40 years of age...at least in the US.
Feel free to add to this list or send campaign contributions.
Argh I lived on Florida for 4 months... darned Q-Tips got in wrecks every frikkin day... always traffic!! AHHH!
I think that after age 55 or so there should be a required annual drivers liscence test.
Also imagine if he had a stroke while driving.:eek:
i think that people should have a new driving-test when they reach a certain age, and then re-take the test more times afterwards, with a few years between. If they are unable to drive properly, and have certain physical/mental problems of the kind you may get when you're aged, then the license to drive should be taken from you.
edit: now I see that Shaolin-Do said nearly the same thing, oh, well..:rolleyes:
"Nine people were killed, including a 3-year-old girl, authorities said. The more than 54 hurt include 14 people with critical injuries, they said. Two of those critically injured are under the age of 2."
:( :( :( :( :(
i just heard it on the news coz i was sleeping :(
dawpod
Time for more gun control eh?
I've said it again and again and I'm saying it again now. Fewer cars+better public transit+more pedestrian friendly city planning=better quality of life. If this guy didn't think he needed to drive a car to live his life, those nine people would still be alive.
CSN, unfortunately, as a roadway designer, and planner, I'd have to give an overall thumbs up to your statement, I agree with SD too (who would have thunk it). 52 people, that is a lot of people to hit, have dive out of the way... that would be one of those things in a movie where you are, "Yeah, right."
He's unquestionably right. My dad is approaching 65, and his night vision is almost gone. I've been in the car when he's run red lights because he's not aware of them. He's an excellent driver in the daytime, but I have to wonder how long that will last.
my buddy said this one time when following an eldery driver going 30 or so in a 55 and i completely agree with him. if your reaction time is so terrible that you simply can not drive anywhere near the speed limit, it's the same da mn thing as being drunk and you shouldnt be behind the wheel.
this is just case in point.
motherfu cker hid a loaded gun inside a teddy bear and gave it to a kid?????
jesus fu cking christ. this sh it wouldnt happen if i ruled the world. i guaran-fu cking-tee it.
MAY BE SOME NEGLIGENCE? The old fuc#er KILLLED 9 PEOPLE.Quote:
"Right now it looks as though there may be some negligence as far as his capacity to drive safely," Butts said. There was no indication that Weller intended to injure any pedestrians.
i really really hate reporters