old people driving

jonathan68 · 11-06-2002, 09:14 AM

should old people be allowed to drive ?...... HELL NO !

seems like in the past few weeks i have had a lot of old people pull out in front of me and then have the guts to look at me like its my fault. the temtation just to hit the gas instead of the brake and to plow them down the road a few 100 feet is hard to control. i say...... if they can't see over the **** steering wheel..... they don't need to be driving. and OF course it always seems like they have these hot rod cars and they only do 25 in a 50 mph zone......don't let all that power throw ya for a loop now.

AND...... do you think anyone of them knows what the hell a blinker is for......NO........ hey it's the little lever on the LEFT of the steering wheel...the one that makes the little clicking noise when you DO remember to turn it on.

**Jason** · 11-06-2002, 09:35 AM

don't move to florida then. :( Atleast not the west cost.

**merlin** · 11-06-2002, 10:08 AM

Jonathan, Im with you....my first (and hopefully only ) accident was when this older, older lady came out a one way street, going the wrong way at least 40 in 25mph zone and crumbled my whole front to pieces...

and then, maybe 2 days ago, this oooold guy tried to pass me...It was around 7:00am, I was driving through a school zone and this guy apparently thought that speed limit of 15mph in school zone does not apply to him ! He did not get in the front of me due to the fact there was at least 3 vehicles ahead of me...so he just went back in the line....

Nothing against old people dough, just the way some of them drive !!!!

peace :D

**Doonz** · 11-06-2002, 10:15 AM

...until we are old right??:tongue2:

sadly driving represents freedom to alot of the old people...and that is what they have left...there should be a cut off point..some state reqire a driving test after 65 or 70...that should be nation wide...but while were at it....lets raise the driving age to 25...if thoes damm kids dont think they are going to live forever and take more chance then any resonable human should be allowed...

Seriously I write more tickets to the 18-22 group...that have the car and insurance paid for by mommy and dady...and more power at thier feet then some third world nations... then the 70 year old going to the grocery store to get his can of tuna fish...

man i am getting old...I was one of thoes punks a#$ that thought they would live forever...:D

ok let the bashing begin....and yes there are exception in EVERY GROUP....:bandit:

**Tweetybird** · 11-06-2002, 11:14 AM

well dont come to the Texas coast , because who have snow birds from hell here, Winnbago, car trailoring pain in the buts, no driving suckers, dodging them is like trying to dodge Sea Gull poop.:D

**Jason** · 11-06-2002, 01:27 PM

I see your point Doonz. I do think you have to look at the area though. Where I live it is mostly older people There are so many 55+ communities, I can't even count them on both my hands and toes. ;) When you hear about someone hitting the gas instead of the break and going through a store or house because of it. It has always been a older person. Now I'm not saying young drivers are not a problem. I honestly don't see how they can drive with their seats so far back and low. A lot of things I don't understand that my younger friends do. And I flat out tell them. But for the area that I'm at, most of the driving is done by older people, so they are the cause for most of it too. Its always fun to see someone stop in the center lane of a three lane (one way) highway so they can make the turn they just past.

**Sealy** · 11-06-2002, 01:43 PM

Take it from someone who will refuse to ride with my 90 yr old step dad.. NO NO NO :no: what I can't believe is they renewed his DL without any questions asked!!!

But I agree it is oineof the last issues of freedom for thm and I do feel sorry for them.. itmust be terribly hard to try and accept something like that.
But it doesn't take away the fact that you don't want to be on the road with them! We need to make a lane just for them , all by themselves ;)

Doonz, I take it you are or were a policeman???

twas · 11-06-2002, 02:17 PM

Somebody had better describe "old" before I get really p-ssed.

:ufo: :ufo: :ufo:

twas

11-06-2002, 03:16 PM

I'm right behind ya twas........................or maybe in front of you, Hell I don't know now.....

If it's a driving experience your looking for come to Massachusetts.

Remember the Bee Gee's song, And The lights all went out in Massachusetts. Well that's cause everyone was hitting telephone poles with their cars. Hee Haw............

**Doonz** · 11-06-2002, 03:43 PM

Old...if you get pissed about it...your not there yet...

Sealy....I thought my pro law enforcment point of views gave that away along time ago...but yes I am a police officer...

ok...no bashing me now:angel:...and no not in NYC

**Sealy** · 11-06-2002, 05:11 PM

Well Doonz , I had been seeing that and honestly I just really started paying attention recently.. giggle.. seriously though.. never hurts to ask eh?
I just didn't know if you were one now....
Does it piss you off when someone says they can smell bacon? >:}

**Drupy** · 11-06-2002, 06:25 PM

Well guys it's like this. I have made up my mind that when I get to the point that I drive like all of you described I going to quit and hire someone to drive me around.

**Doonz** · 11-07-2002, 08:00 AM

no sealy not at all...dont you know what PIG stands for....

P=Pride
I=Integrity
G=Guts

:tongue2:

I want Drupys job....when I am old i can retire and have someone drive for me...can they clean my house

**merlin** · 11-07-2002, 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by twas
Somebody had better describe "old" before I get really p-ssed.

:ufo: :ufo: :ufo:

twas

Quote:

my 90 yr old step dad..

...j/k :tongue2:
Drupy, I can drive you around..but you better get some kind of racing harness and airbags in the back...hehe :tongue2:

but anyways, like Doonz mentioned, 18-22 are really bad too...last week I almost got run over by some punk in wannabe hooked up escort...but theres exceptions there too..like my 16yr old bro...he has common sense and he uses it on and off the road. Good for him. :D

jonathan68 · 11-07-2002, 08:14 AM

[quote]

If it's a driving experience your looking for come to Massachusetts.

hell mass is fun to drive through and in, no fault insurance makes it so great. it's cool to be doing 90 mph in the driving lane on I-95 and have a cop pass you in the passing lane doing 100 and not even care.

people in mass have the right ideas about driving:

"LEAD......FOLLOW......OR GET YOUR A** RUN OVER"

**Tweetybird** · 11-07-2002, 09:05 AM

Sealy how could you have not figured that out about Doonz I smelt him the first visit, Pig in a blanket,hahahahah.

Doonz Im just joking with you , you know I love ya.

**merlin** · 11-07-2002, 02:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tweetybird
Sealy how could you have not figured that out about Doonz I smelt him the first visit, Pig in a blanket,hahahahah.

Doonz Im just joking with you , you know I love ya.

Tweet, I think Doonz is getting out his riot gear, watch out !!!
LOL j/k... :tongue2:

I swear, mister police officer, it wasnt meeee !!!!!

11-06-2002, 09:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
jonathan68 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 159 OS: Vista Home Premium SP2 My System	old people driving should old people be allowed to drive ?...... HELL NO ! seems like in the past few weeks i have had a lot of old people pull out in front of me and then have the guts to look at me like its my fault. the temtation just to hit the gas instead of the brake and to plow them down the road a few 100 feet is hard to control. i say...... if they can't see over the **** steering wheel..... they don't need to be driving. and OF course it always seems like they have these hot rod cars and they only do 25 in a 50 mph zone......don't let all that power throw ya for a loop now. AND...... do you think anyone of them knows what the hell a blinker is for......NO........ hey it's the little lever on the LEFT of the steering wheel...the one that makes the little clicking noise when you DO remember to turn it on.

11-06-2002, 09:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
Jason Faugh a ballagh Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Pasco, FL Posts: 8,486 OS: Windows Vista My System Blog Entries: 2	don't move to florida then. :( Atleast not the west cost. __________________ Posting Tips \| Advice for New People \| Common Fixes \| Agus na damnaithe fágtha gan focal Glaoigh ormsa i measc na naomh

11-06-2002, 10:15 AM	#4 (permalink)
Doonz S.W.A.T Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island Posts: 1,481 OS: WinXP, Vista, MAC 10.x	...until we are old right??:tongue2: sadly driving represents freedom to alot of the old people...and that is what they have left...there should be a cut off point..some state reqire a driving test after 65 or 70...that should be nation wide...but while were at it....lets raise the driving age to 25...if thoes damm kids dont think they are going to live forever and take more chance then any resonable human should be allowed... Seriously I write more tickets to the 18-22 group...that have the car and insurance paid for by mommy and dady...and more power at thier feet then some third world nations... then the 70 year old going to the grocery store to get his can of tuna fish... man i am getting old...I was one of thoes punks a#$ that thought they would live forever...:D ok let the bashing begin....and yes there are exception in EVERY GROUP....:bandit: __________________ Simple Wise-A%$ Techie Last edited by Doonz; 11-06-2002 at 10:16 AM.

11-06-2002, 11:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
Tweetybird Dragonfly Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: texas Posts: 647 OS: win98	well dont come to the Texas coast , because who have snow birds from hell here, Winnbago, car trailoring pain in the buts, no driving suckers, dodging them is like trying to dodge Sea Gull poop.:D __________________ Life is to short to stay mad , so perk up and give a big smile Tweet, tweet , tweetin. Satan aka mad hatter

11-06-2002, 01:27 PM	#6 (permalink)
Jason Faugh a ballagh Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Pasco, FL Posts: 8,486 OS: Windows Vista My System Blog Entries: 2	I see your point Doonz. I do think you have to look at the area though. Where I live it is mostly older people There are so many 55+ communities, I can't even count them on both my hands and toes. ;) When you hear about someone hitting the gas instead of the break and going through a store or house because of it. It has always been a older person. Now I'm not saying young drivers are not a problem. I honestly don't see how they can drive with their seats so far back and low. A lot of things I don't understand that my younger friends do. And I flat out tell them. But for the area that I'm at, most of the driving is done by older people, so they are the cause for most of it too. Its always fun to see someone stop in the center lane of a three lane (one way) highway so they can make the turn they just past. __________________ Posting Tips \| Advice for New People \| Common Fixes \| Agus na damnaithe fágtha gan focal Glaoigh ormsa i measc na naomh

11-06-2002, 10:08 AM	#3 (permalink)
merlin I helped the forums. Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,612 OS: 3.11	Jonathan, Im with you....my first (and hopefully only ) accident was when this older, older lady came out a one way street, going the wrong way at least 40 in 25mph zone and crumbled my whole front to pieces... and then, maybe 2 days ago, this oooold guy tried to pass me...It was around 7:00am, I was driving through a school zone and this guy apparently thought that speed limit of 15mph in school zone does not apply to him ! He did not get in the front of me due to the fact there was at least 3 vehicles ahead of me...so he just went back in the line.... Nothing against old people dough, just the way some of them drive !!!! peace :D

11-06-2002, 01:43 PM	#7 (permalink)
Sealy Resident Brat Emeritus :P Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Margaritaville Posts: 2,045 OS: XP(home)	Take it from someone who will refuse to ride with my 90 yr old step dad.. NO NO NO :no: what I can't believe is they renewed his DL without any questions asked!!! But I agree it is oineof the last issues of freedom for thm and I do feel sorry for them.. itmust be terribly hard to try and accept something like that. But it doesn't take away the fact that you don't want to be on the road with them! We need to make a lane just for them , all by themselves ;) Doonz, I take it you are or were a policeman??? __________________ ~Brightest Blessings~ Sealy Kim --------------------- Ná glac pioc comhairle gan comhairle ban. O Autumn. Laden with fruit, and stained With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit Beneath my shady roof, there thou may'st rest, And tune thy jolly voice to my fresh pipe; And all the daughters of the year shall dance, Sing now the lusty song of fruits and flowers. -William Blake- Contributions will not go unnoticed.

11-06-2002, 02:17 PM	#8 (permalink)
twas Servant Of The General Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Plant Celexia (By way Of Mcloud, OK) Posts: 286 OS: #1) Win98 SE #2) Win 2000	Somebody had better describe "old" before I get really p-ssed. :ufo: :ufo: :ufo: twas __________________ I am who I am, unless I'm some one else. --- If you think you understand the things I say, you need to seek HELP IMMEDADTELY.

11-06-2002, 03:16 PM	#9 (permalink)
SPEEDO Guest Posts: n/a OS:	I'm right behind ya twas........................or maybe in front of you, Hell I don't know now..... If it's a driving experience your looking for come to Massachusetts. Remember the Bee Gee's song, And The lights all went out in Massachusetts. Well that's cause everyone was hitting telephone poles with their cars. Hee Haw............

11-06-2002, 03:43 PM	#10 (permalink)
Doonz S.W.A.T Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island Posts: 1,481 OS: WinXP, Vista, MAC 10.x	Old...if you get pissed about it...your not there yet... Sealy....I thought my pro law enforcment point of views gave that away along time ago...but yes I am a police officer... ok...no bashing me now:angel:...and no not in NYC __________________ Simple Wise-A%$ Techie

11-06-2002, 05:11 PM	#11 (permalink)
Sealy Resident Brat Emeritus :P Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Margaritaville Posts: 2,045 OS: XP(home)	Well Doonz , I had been seeing that and honestly I just really started paying attention recently.. giggle.. seriously though.. never hurts to ask eh? I just didn't know if you were one now.... Does it piss you off when someone says they can smell bacon? >:} __________________ ~Brightest Blessings~ Sealy Kim --------------------- Ná glac pioc comhairle gan comhairle ban. O Autumn. Laden with fruit, and stained With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit Beneath my shady roof, there thou may'st rest, And tune thy jolly voice to my fresh pipe; And all the daughters of the year shall dance, Sing now the lusty song of fruits and flowers. -William Blake- Contributions will not go unnoticed.

11-06-2002, 06:25 PM	#12 (permalink)
Drupy STILL Stuck in a treestand.... Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Lancaster SC Posts: 929 OS: Win 2003 Server on my Apple IIe	Well guys it's like this. I have made up my mind that when I get to the point that I drive like all of you described I going to quit and hire someone to drive me around. __________________ BJH Trust me I think I know what I'm talking about! If not I can BS my way through it. A+, NET+, MCP,MCSA,CCNA,BS+ (OK for everyone not knowing! BS+ = Bull S#@ter +)

11-07-2002, 08:00 AM	#13 (permalink)
Doonz S.W.A.T Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island Posts: 1,481 OS: WinXP, Vista, MAC 10.x	no sealy not at all...dont you know what PIG stands for.... P=Pride I=Integrity G=Guts :tongue2: I want Drupys job....when I am old i can retire and have someone drive for me...can they clean my house __________________ Simple Wise-A%$ Techie Last edited by Doonz; 11-07-2002 at 08:03 AM.

11-07-2002, 08:14 AM	#15 (permalink)
jonathan68 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 159 OS: Vista Home Premium SP2 My System	[quote] If it's a driving experience your looking for come to Massachusetts. hell mass is fun to drive through and in, no fault insurance makes it so great. it's cool to be doing 90 mph in the driving lane on I-95 and have a cop pass you in the passing lane doing 100 and not even care. people in mass have the right ideas about driving: "LEAD......FOLLOW......OR GET YOUR A** RUN OVER"

11-07-2002, 09:05 AM	#16 (permalink)
Tweetybird Dragonfly Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: texas Posts: 647 OS: win98	Sealy how could you have not figured that out about Doonz I smelt him the first visit, Pig in a blanket,hahahahah. Doonz Im just joking with you , you know I love ya. __________________ Life is to short to stay mad , so perk up and give a big smile Tweet, tweet , tweetin. Satan aka mad hatter