Why driving and old people don't mix

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
Wouldn't do any good to test them. In my state, if an old person fails say, the eye test, all he/she has to do is ask for help and the DMV people will pass them anyway.
My grandma's best friend can't see past her hood, but got her license renewed anyway.

Mandantory testing past age 70 should be instituted. 60 is too young.

Bah!

Mandatory license removal at 70. That is the only logical answer.

Yeah that's really logical, because ALL people over the age of 70 are incapable of driving safely. :roll:

EVERYONE should have to take a driving test every two years, there are plenty of non-elderly people who suck at driving.

 

[Bowmaster]

Sorry, if MOST people over 70 have problems driving, then ALL people over 70 should take biannual tests.

 

[PliotronX]

Originally posted by: bolido2000
You can't touch old farts. They are the only ones who vote. Their lobbying groups is one of the most powerful too

I can't help but be reminded of the SP epi... the AARP or whatever it is, comes to town to defend the elderly's ability to drive and their main sustenance is the Country Kitchen Buffet

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: MillionaireNextDoor
We can't do a thing about it until young people start voting.

You know this is true, but I think the elderly have a tad more free time, thus still outnumber us. Plus the fact that they still have the resources too. I wonder if that'll still be the case later on (us being old and turning the blind eye to the fact that OLD = dangerous)...

 

[GasX]

for all the talk about how old people suck at driving, why are there WAY more fatalities in the demographic of this forums users?

oh wait, that would involve a little self awareness...:roll:

 

[Savij]

Originally posted by: Bowmaster
Sorry, if MOST people over 70 have problems driving, then ALL people over 70 should take biannual tests.

By that logic more teenagers should be tested every 10 days.

 

[Nanotech]

The old woman doesn't even look phased! I wonder if she stopped?

P.S. I like the looks of amazement by the bystanders (especially the young lady in the passenger seat of the car to the back left).

 

[phantom309]

Originally posted by: Mookow

Originally posted by: BadDaddy
Nice. :shocked:

If it was photo-chopped it's a damn good job. Check out the expressions of the people in the car on the left.

I dont see any shadow on the other pedestrians on the sidewalk. I'm not 100% sure it's fake, it could be the camera... but I would expect more shadow than just the small bit under the woman's shoe.

Looks like there's an uber-powerful flash on that camera. That would blow the visible shadows out.

But on balance I'd rather share the road with a 75-year-old who can't drive and knows it, than a 20-year-old who thinks he can drive and can't.

 

[Ogg]

Originally posted by: slick230


Old people have nothing else to do with their lives except go to the doctor every day just to chat because they're lonely, go out to vote because they can see their other blue haired friends there, and die. Most of them should just take the third option and save us all the trouble of dealing with them.

You always add so much to the conversation......thanks yet again for proving that you are nothing but an worthless asshat :|

MODS can we please get a permaban on the monkey?



edit: btw cool pic though

 

[Ime]

This is why I drive an SUV. If I can't get out of the way in time at least I'm in the bigger vehicle.

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

Originally posted by: sciencewhiz

Originally posted by: MichaelD

OMFG...I SWEAR I did not see him! :Q I thought that "white thing" was a shirt that had popped out of the suitcase or something.

That's exactly why I think this is fake. I can't see how a 100+ lb person can be perfectly horizontal on the side of the car like that. At a minimum, there should be some damage visible where the car hit.

It looks almost like someone put a dummy on the side of their car to scare people.

I think he was on the hood and is in the process of sliding off. You can see some damage to her windshield (drivers's lower right), perhaps where his head hit it?

 

[Murphyrulez]

Originally posted by: Yo_Ma-Ma

Originally posted by: sciencewhiz

Originally posted by: MichaelD

OMFG...I SWEAR I did not see him! :Q I thought that "white thing" was a shirt that had popped out of the suitcase or something.

That's exactly why I think this is fake. I can't see how a 100+ lb person can be perfectly horizontal on the side of the car like that. At a minimum, there should be some damage visible where the car hit.

It looks almost like someone put a dummy on the side of their car to scare people.

I think he was on the hood and is in the process of sliding off. You can see some damage to her windshield (drivers's lower right), perhaps where his head hit it?

Man you people are the most skeptical freaks I have ever come across. You can't see how a person can be perfectly horizontal? HOW ABOUT BECAUSE HE IS FLYING THROUGH THE AIR, AFTER SMASHING HIS HEAD INTO THE OLD BAG'S WINDSHIELD???? Do you see the smashed in windshield right below the raised wiper?
And some other moron was wondering why the wiper was up?? MAYBE BECAUSE A GUY JUST SMASHED HIS HEAD INTO IT???~?!??!?!!?!?!

Jesus Christ people.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
for all the talk about how old people suck at driving, why are there WAY more fatalities in the demographic of this forums users?

oh wait, that would involve a little self awareness...:roll:

Because when we drive, we wind up killing ourselves in our sporty fiberglass cars going 90mph. When old people drive, they kill and/or destroy with their boats, as in their Caddilacs, their Towncars, etc driving at 30-35mph and aren't even aware of wtf just happened.

 

[captains]

hahahahahhaah.........looks like he's pullin a super man out there




hahhahahahahah looks like she turned on her wipers to get him off the windshield

 

[Ranger X]

Originally posted by: Ime
This is why I drive an SUV. If I can't get out of the way in time at least I'm in the bigger vehicle.

Not if you're up against a semi.

 

[amcdonald]

Originally posted by: Ranger X

Originally posted by: Ime
This is why I drive an SUV. If I can't get out of the way in time at least I'm in the bigger vehicle.

Not if you're up against a semi.

Thats why I drive the vehicle that transports the shuttle.

 

[Booster]

Crap, that's spicy. However, I fail to see the victim. Who was ran over? Sure I can see the briefcase flying, and some remnants of the victim's shirt, but where in the hell is he/she him/herslef?

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: Triumph
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Found over at vwvortex.

WTF?!

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN
There was a local incident here where an old lady was driving, hit a lady, and dragged her underneath the car for over a kilometer, until someone flagged her down. Poor lady died.

I have another incident (not as bad luckily) that occured to me & my family. We were on the highway at night, coming around a bend, and at the end of hte bend there was an division of lanes that led to an off ramp. So we cross the bend and narrowly missed a car THAT WAS STOPPED RIGHT ON THE LANE THAT LED TO THE OFF RAMP! THey didn't even go to the shoulder or left the lights on...they were right there on the lane with no lights. Keep in mind they stopped right at the end of the bend, so you can't see them until the very last second. So anyway, my uncle narrwly avoids the stopped car by slamming on the brakes and then changing lanes....however in the process, the RX300 behind us couldn't react in time and hit us. The stopped car was unscathed since my uncle's car took the grunt of the damage.

So me and my uncle talk to the RX300 driver and then approach the stopped car. We assumed the car was dead and hte occupants had called a tow truck or something (this was around 11pm). Apparently not. The car was running with hte outside lights off, no hazards - nothing, and hte occupants, and elderly couple, were reading a map with the interior lights on.

And they were totally oblivious to what happened around them. When we asked them why they stopped on the lane, they just took off!

woah! did u get their liscense plate numbers atleast?!? call the cops?!

 

[Nitemare]

Dayum...He got knocked the fvck out ...




by Mrs Daisy

 

[Pepsei]

I do not doubt stuff like this happens, however, where are the shadows for the suitcase?

Perhpas a newspaper article on this accident would confirm the story for us.

 

[Asharus]

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No, these are not my pics, they were posted in my other forum.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Asharus
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No, these are not my pics, they were posted in my other forum.

lol

Second one is funny becasue of the text on the crsoswalk.

 

[sciencewhiz]

Originally posted by: Murphyrulez
Man you people are the most skeptical freaks I have ever come across. You can't see how a person can be perfectly horizontal? HOW ABOUT BECAUSE HE IS FLYING THROUGH THE AIR, AFTER SMASHING HIS HEAD INTO THE OLD BAG'S WINDSHIELD???? Do you see the smashed in windshield right below the raised wiper?
And some other moron was wondering why the wiper was up?? MAYBE BECAUSE A GUY JUST SMASHED HIS HEAD INTO IT???~?!??!?!!?!?!

Jesus Christ people.

Such anger, do you do anything besides defend fake pictures all day?

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: sciencewhiz

Originally posted by: Murphyrulez
Man you people are the most skeptical freaks I have ever come across. You can't see how a person can be perfectly horizontal? HOW ABOUT BECAUSE HE IS FLYING THROUGH THE AIR, AFTER SMASHING HIS HEAD INTO THE OLD BAG'S WINDSHIELD???? Do you see the smashed in windshield right below the raised wiper?
And some other moron was wondering why the wiper was up?? MAYBE BECAUSE A GUY JUST SMASHED HIS HEAD INTO IT???~?!??!?!!?!?!

Jesus Christ people.

Such anger, do you do anything besides defend fake pictures all day?

You should try living up to your namesake.