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To: JudyB1938
We were behind some old geezer on the highway yesterday. He was driving so erratic, it was if he were drunk. He wasn't. He was just OLD!

I totally agree with you. But everytime a law is proposed to rein in old drivers or to have them tested more frequently AARP steps in to cry age discrimination.

Out here in (Los Angeles) California, we have not been able to get the laws on the book.

9 posted on 03/06/2004 12:43:17 PM PST by BunnySlippers (Help Bring Colly-fornia Back ...)
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To: BunnySlippers
Uh, isn't that COLLY-FORNIE ?

LOL
10 posted on 03/06/2004 2:33:42 PM PST by JudyB1938
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To: JudyB1938; BunnySlippers
We were behind some old geezer on the highway yesterday. He was driving so erratic, it was if he were drunk. He wasn't. He was just OLD!

I totally agree with you. But everytime a law is proposed to rein in old drivers or to have them tested more frequently AARP steps in to cry age discrimination.

Every once in a while, there's a story on the evening news about an elderly person who drives through a store front, or into a crowd of people on the sidewalk. Invariably, the person (if they survive) will claim that "the accelerator got stuck". It's funny how that type of mechanical malfunction never seems to occur on cars operated by younger drivers. I don't care what the AARP says. After a certain age, there should be mandatory driver's test each year. If they pass an eye test, and a drivers test, fine. If not, their license should be revoked.

29 posted on 03/06/2004 3:27:47 PM PST by GreenHornet
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