Posted by Mark - IN. on December 02, 2010 at 10:28:52 from (75.145.161.204):
In Reply to: OT Elderly Drivers posted by Adirondack case guy on December 01, 2010 at 17:28:38:
Working in Illinois mostly, I can tell you a thing too, but not about elderly drivers. Sure there are elderly drivers that have problems. I grant you that. But you have seen little if you haven't driven I-290 westbound from Chicago durning rush hour when the shoulders become driving lanes. Thats right, folks driving down the shoulders at speed, dodging back into lanes when they get to an overpass where the lanes narrow, and then after the overpass zip back out onto the shoulders where they continue on at speed until the next overpass, and start the process all over again, causing accidents in their wake as they continue on leaving the devestation behind them.
Sure there are elderly drivers that mess up, but seldomly using cellphones or texting while driving. For those reasons alone, as a fifty year-old that does not do that, I feel that they should ban ALL drivers under 50, period since they statistically have the most accidents on the road, whether it be drunk driving, using cell phones, texting, or whatever. Yep, we need more knee jerk reaction laws because we have just the right jerks in political office legislating more knee jerk reaction, jerk laws. If drivers should be required to be tested every year when they become old, what would you suggest for 100 year-old members of Congress that write our laws for us? Should they not have to go through mental competency testing at least every year? Should they not? If not, why not? I have a US Senator from Indiana, in his 6th term, first elected in 1976, Richard Lugar who's competency I am questioning, and he in my opinion is a perfect example of why we should be testing them. And...he's old too.
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