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From: Aimee S
Date: 07-18-2003, 02:06 PM (1 of 8)
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Is anyone else MAD about what happened. The police are acting like it is an accident. If it was a teen that accidently hit the gas instead of the break He would have been arrested for killing the 10 people. We took our mothers licence away and her car. She went out and bought another one. We took her to court to have a restraining order placed on her to not get another car. She can not drive. She says we are taking her independence. She can get a taxi Hire a driver or take the bus or have one of us drive her. she is not capable. Where was this mans family? He drove into a barrier wall 10 years ago. He has repeatedly driven in to his garage. someone had to fix it. In Tenessee after 65 you get a licence that needs not to be renewed. If we are going to crack down on teens for not being experienced then shouldn't people whose reaction time is deminished also be cracked down on. I reported my MIL Anny. they did take her licence. the state called her in for a drive test and she failed 3 times in a one month period. She stops at green lights and will run red. she looks down to get something and forgets she is drivung. My FIL still lets her drive. My SIL lets her baby ride with her in the car alone. I will not allow my children in the car if she is driving. FIL and hubby have to take drive test every 2 years to keep thier class A licence. They are telling me I am silly. I told them anyone who does not have a licience my children and I will not ride with them. She is also going to hurt some one and I think when she does her hubby and my hubby and SIL will be partially responsible. Sorry to rant but I believe family should be there to protect thier family members and others from our family members. It is not that hard to help the older generation out. My gan ma was yelling at the TV when it happened about driving being a privlige and not a right. She wants him through in jail or better yet have to pay for all the funerals of the people he killed. Her idea is that it would hurt him financilly and all the inheritants of his estate for not doing something. The more you disaprove, the more fun I am having!
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User: Aimee S
Member since: 02-23-2003 Total posts: 488 
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From: luvmymunchkins
Date: 07-18-2003, 09:12 PM (2 of 8)
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I whole heartedly agree. I was almost hit by an elderly woman who ran through a stop sign. I honked at her and she didn't even look like she heard me. It's a sad part of getting old, but eventually you simply can't drive the way you used to. A 7 month old baby died for crying out loud! My husbands grandpa shouldn't be driving, he's in his mid to late 70's and doesn't react well and has hit other cars before. Leticia |
User: luvmymunchkins
Member since: 04-28-2003 Total posts: 32 
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From: plrlegal
Date: 07-19-2003, 01:40 AM (3 of 8)
What's wrong with that picture is my question? For heavens sake, the man can barely see, wears 2 hearing aids and walks with a cane. The afternoon news here reported that they believe this man had been in a hit and run accident with a Mercedes only 1 block from the Farmers Market where he finally killed all of those innocent people and a couple of kids! What does someone have to do to get the attention of policemen that say it they believe it was merely an accident. If you one of these elderly people runs through a store front by hitting the gas instead of the brake then maybe that 's an accident but to drive 2 or 3 blocks at over 100 miles per hour mowing down innocent people who can't get out of the way and tearing up an entire market is that merely an accident? I don't think so.  Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
Member since: 05-19-2001 Total posts: 318 |
From: DorothyL
Date: 07-19-2003, 08:53 AM (4 of 8)
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The family wouldn't allow my father-in-law to drive after he hit a tractor trailer. We asked what happened and he said "I didn't see it." Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: maps
Date: 07-23-2003, 10:12 AM (5 of 8)
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just terrible, i can't imagine letting my grandmother drive anywhere she is 96 now and has not driven for 5 years now, in my opinion she shouldn't have driven for 10 years before that, but no one in the family would tell her till i moved back to the neighbor hood and i told her that i'd gladly take her where she needed to go, i think everyone over 65 should take a drivers test and every so often after that just to keep them on their toes, just knowing they have to take the test will i think keep them more alert while they are driving. hey i'd gladly take a test if that was all it took to keep me driving in my later years! which isn't to far off now that i think about it.
Marge
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User: maps
Member since: 06-18-2003 Total posts: 152 
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From: sewingrandma
Date: 07-24-2003, 06:53 AM (6 of 8)
I agree wholeheartedly with the rest of you. We need some sort of regulation set up to determine who is able to drive and who isn't if family isn't going to step in. My DFIL died at home after a car accident that he caused. He had refused to go to the hospital and since there were no visible injuries the paramedics let him go. DMIL continued to drive even though she was considered legally blind by her doctor. Because she had been able to pass the eye exam 8 years earlier she figured she could still drive. When DH and I moved back home it didn't take long to get her to stop. DH hate my nagging so  . Bless DM she gave up driving on her own. She said she didn't feel safe and that was it.
Brockie
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User: sewingrandma
Member since: 03-06-2003 Total posts: 432 |
From: plrlegal
Date: 07-24-2003, 10:09 AM (7 of 8)
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Thank heaven my mother voluntarily gave up her car and her license also. We all were holding our breaths and praying that she didn't get in an accident or cause an accident before she finally quit driving. It is extremely hard to walk in and tell a parent to hand over their car keys and their driver's license but once they reach a certain age and have problems with eyesight, hearing and reflexes, sometimes it becomes necessary for the family to step in as that family in California probably should have done several years ago. Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
Member since: 05-19-2001 Total posts: 318 |
From: Sherri
Date: 07-24-2003, 11:10 AM (8 of 8)
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I think in Canada after 65 you have to take a drivers test every year. My dad has a class 1 license (ie he is a truck driver) and is 50 and has to take a test every two years. After 60 I think it is every year. Sherri My website
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User: Sherri
Member since: 02-07-2001 Total posts: 357 |
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