[Leica] IMGs: Waiting at Community Memorial Emergency…

[Jim Nichols]

As an "elderly gentleman" who just turned 85 this week, I have mixed 
emotions about this thread.  I am well aware of my slower reaction time 
and other characteristics of aging, and I try to choose my driving times 
and destinations with those thoughts in mind.  I do not turn on the 
radio, or other distractions, while driving.  As I watch traffic at 
intersections, aware of "New Jersey stops" and other habits of impatient 
drivers, the thing that really stands out is the number of female 
drivers with cell phones propped on their left shoulders as they make 
their way home after a long day at work.  I'm not being sexist here, but 
they are the majority of the phoning drivers that are out there.

I am much more concerned about being hit by one of these distracted 
drivers than I am by one of my elderly counterparts.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 4/7/2015 9:42 AM, George Lottermoser wrote:
> Yes. And yes.
>
> For whatever it may be worth:
> This accident was caused by an elderly 85 year old gentleman who made two very bad decisions in an intersection. He ran a red light. Stopped in the middle. Then gunned it to go.
>
> We've had several incidents within a 12 mile radius here where an elderly male driver has either lost control, put foot to accelerator rather than brake, or was seemingly unaware of actual traffic signals.
>
> In one case the fellow ran down and killed his wife in a grocery store parking lot after hitting a half dozen other cars.
>
> I can only hope that when my faculties fail friends and family will get me off the road.
>
> a note off the iPad, George
>
> On Apr 7, 2015, at 9:11 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Scary!  Thank goodness for seat belts and airbags!
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