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Time to stop
How do you persuade a 90 year old that it's time for him to stop driving? His car is currently out of action, said his wife of 85, because it had an accident. The accident, I discovered, was due to the elderly man's crashing it into the back of another vehicle which stopped suddenly behind a bus. The brakes didn't work in the way he expected, added the wife. Sounded to me as if the old boy was driving too closely to the car in front and wasn't paying attention. They weren't sure whether to have the car repaired or to buy a similar second-hand model. I pointed out that the cost of owning a car was high. They would save money by ceasing to own one and travelling by taxis instead.
I wondered if his insurance company would be keen to renew his insurance. The moral of this is, pay attention to the driver behind you. If he or she looks old then increase the distance between your vehicle and the one in front of you.
Define old. Why do people expect to drive until they drop?
Thought for today
To me old age is always fifteen years older than I am.
Bernard Baruch, (1864 - 1965) in Newsweek 29 August 1955
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Flighty
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(9.8.06 21:33)
There's no way that I'd still be driving at that age! I don't enjoy it now, at coming up to 60, and would willingly give it up if I could.
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chippy
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(10.8.06 00:14)
I know, I live in a rural area and drive into the local town to Tesco's... 90+ year olds driving 4x4's, Volvo estates etc.. some can't walk more than a few paces without a stick, they hobble, shuffle or limp and they're expected to stop a car in an emergency? most would never be able to react that fast anyway... I even got airhorns fitted to my car to scare them awake in tesco's carpark, which is where most of my 'close calls' have been
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