And that's when he lost control.....

[Conrad Edwards]

Saw the aftermath of a good crash last night.

Volvo 940 driven by a 90yr old man, driving down the road, loses
control, jumps onto pavement on left hand side (in uk), veers right to
sideswipe a parked car, veers left to go straight through a large 8ft
x 5ft advertisement sign, goes between a lamp post and wall.
As my wife said....'and that is where he lost control......', then
veers across the road, through a hedge, and drop 4ft into a garden.

Guy walks out to the ambulance after being cut free.

I think I agree about older drivers as in the previous wind-up post...

 

[Bill]

Saw the aftermath of a good crash last night.

Volvo 940 driven by a 90yr old man, driving down the road, loses
control, jumps onto pavement on left hand side (in uk), veers right to
sideswipe a parked car, veers left to go straight through a large 8ft
x 5ft advertisement sign, goes between a lamp post and wall.
As my wife said....'and that is where he lost control......', then
veers across the road, through a hedge, and drop 4ft into a garden.

Guy walks out to the ambulance after being cut free.

I think I agree about older drivers as in the previous wind-up post...

I work in a hospital Accident and Emergency department. If we only had
elderly victims of car crashes we could save loads of money. For every one
dodgy 90 year old, who undeniably probably shouldn't be on the road, there
are dozens of wanabee racing drivers in there 20's and 30's who fill up our
departments day after day after proving their skill behind the wheel.

Bill

 

[Stewart Hargrave]

Because there's more to the internet than hits alone, Conrad Edwards
wrote:

I think I agree about older drivers as in the previous wind-up post...

....whithout knowing anything (but presuming everything) about the
circumstances.

Kids today, huh?


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[David L. Hanson]

[email protected] (Conrad Edwards) wrote in

I think I agree about older drivers as in the previous wind-up post...

I was a traffic officer in a Sheriff's Dept. in the early 70's. Elderly
drivers were not and are not any where near the problem that smart aleck kids
are. I hardly ever saw an elderly person in an accident but I saw multiple
16-20 year olds in accidents each week. The only way that prejudiced people
can make elderly people look accident prone is to look at their accident per
mile rate (even though this is still lower than 16-20 year old rates).

If elderly people shouldn't be on the road or should have their skills
tested, then in all fairness, children shouldn't be allowed drivers licences
until they are 21.

David
1989 Volvo 240 187,000 miles
1993 BMW 525i Touring 104,000 miles

 

[Conrad Edwards]

Because there's more to the internet than hits alone, Conrad Edwards
wrote:



...whithout knowing anything (but presuming everything) about the
circumstances.

Kids today, huh?

Forgot to say it was a 30mph zone too....