100-year-Old Driver Hits 11 Near LA School

How old is too old to drive?

http://www.wlox.com/story/19412100/8-hurt-when-car-crashes-into-crowd-near-la-school

 

so they couldn't even take the time to check his brakes and either confirm or refute his claim of brake failure?

 

Wait, he was backing up and backed onto a sidewalk, hitting all of these people at once? How fast could he have possibly been going, back out of a parking lot, to cause this much damage? Unless i'm missing something here

I actually got hit by a car 2 days ago lol, this lady was pulling out of one of those hidden driveways, and it goes onto a very busy freeway, so it usually takes a while... and so she was constantly looking left and right, back and forth, and yet she somehow managed to not see me walking directly infront of her car, and she starts to pull out! i saw this all happening and im like "whatthefuck? this chicks retared" so i put my arm out, but she was looking to the left the entire time and didnt see me at all... so she hits me and i fall onto her hood and i just get up and im like -_- and she just starts laughing... then she just waved and drove off.. I could have fallen into heavy traffic, stupid ass people lol, it was kind of funny though...

 

Is his car ok?

 

The "brake failure" is what he told the media... Who knows what he told the cops. I'm sure they will check the car for failure.

Sad story, At least there were no deaths unlike other situations in the past. The only answer is compliant yearly testing or intervention from caretakers or family members. To just have a cutoff age doesn't work as we will all have different impairments at different ages. The yearly testing can be mandated... The intervention by family can be especially hard. You can't just take Dad's keys one day and tell him he's never gonna drive again. We are going through such a situation right now, so far nothing like this has happened but Dad at 89 is not the same as Dad at 79, he's already showing some signs that it's time to address it. It's not easy, I mean seriously, here's the guy that taught all us kids to drive and now we are just supposed to take the keys and say no more driving? Put yourself in his shoes for once... It's devastating. But on the other hand so is what happened here... It's just not easy.

Glad those involved in this story are going to be okay.

No, Dude.... Just fucking NO!

 

Had you been run over, at least you would have had real health care lol (considering this happened in Canada).

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMPzRXYexLI"]Southpark- elderly drivers clip - YouTube

 

Whether the brake story is true or not the point is that there should be a cut-off point. I don't think you would want to go with a certain age. There are some very capable people out there well into their 70's. I think you should have eye exams once a years after a certain age or something to that effect. The real question is how do you tell someone who has been working and paying taxes their whole life that they can't drive anymore? There has to be a solution.

 

I blame it on over population...

 

You beat me to it

 

Was there a grey alert? I think 100 should be the age where you're deemed old enough to die any second so driving would not be allowed putting others at risk

 

Most elderly people that cause accidents because of their oldness are under 100 years of age.

 

Anyone know the stats of auto fatalities of others by age of drivers? I suspect it's quite heavy on the low end versus the upper end.

 

"Carter was pulling out of the grocery store parking lot, but instead of backing into the street, he backed onto the sidewalk, police Capt. George Rodriguez said."

Will they ever get it right? So the old man put it in reverse but in the meantime someone has moved the sidewalk around (with 9 kids on it) and there goes daddy .... backing onto the sidewalk.

Where the street should have been.

Poor gramps.

He was framed.

 

I really don't think it is a matter of a certain age. Someone with early onset dementia who is 30 or 40 years old should not be driving when their decision making is compromised. People who are easily distracted from driving should not be driving whether they are 16 or 100.

I remember when my parents moved to Pennsylvania that they had a hard time getting their licenses. They actually did drive for some months without the proper license. At the same time, my younger brother applied for a drivers permit (to learn driving) and was just sent a drivers license without any tests at all.

I am in the process of trying to get my Dad to stop driving before winter comes. I ride with him once a week and he is having some issues. We did come to an agreement, for now, that he will stay within a mile or two from home. (I know this is where most accidents happen.) He has not had a moving violation and is in denial about any issues with his driving. I am taking him for longer distances and we need to find other options for rides so he is not feeling that he will be stuck at home and stranded. Giving up ones independence is hard to face. The fact is, it would be harder to face if he was in an accident and hurt someone else. He would never forgive himself.

I wonder about him taking a driving test (he did this a few years ago after he was sick). I am afraid that if he passed the test now that I would never get him to stop driving.

I think it is more about ability not any particular age.

 

I've seen some people who could absolutely pull it all together in a testing situation when they normally aren't that way. I'm not speaking only of driving. Older people, or otherwise impaired people, can do that for a little while; yet when they aren't under pressure and relaxed their problems are more apparent.

Did I make any sense above? My coffee hasn't kicked in yet, lol.

 

I think some sort of mandated yearly driving test is only part of the solution. If we're going to force the elderly to stop driving at some point, we should also offer a mode of transportation for them so that their lives aren't disrupted. Not all elderly people have someone they can rely on to drive them around for groceries and whatnot. But I absolutely agree that at-risk drivers (particularly the elderly) should be monitored on a regular basis.

 

yearly driving test is the only solution that comes to mind

 

They always drive the biggest ass cars too . Not to worry , I'm sure he'll be back on the road by the end of the week . Ready to mow down some more people . And blame it on the "breaks" .

 

Alternate transportation is one of the issues we are dealing with finding since we live in an area that does not really have public transportation. There are some very small buses that drive around town only but do not come out as far as Dad lives. They are also on a limited routes and time schedule. (no weekend hours) These buses can be called for transportation by the elderly but they need to schedule well in advance. He could also call a taxi. I think that for Dad it is the whole independence thing. He wants to just get in the car and go and not have to wait for anything.