The last part of the article (the witness account) certainly seems to support that.
I live in St. Pete. I have to say many of these older drivers are a menace. Many can't see; their reaction times are way way up and yet we issue licenses for something like 10 yrs at a time. Recently we had an older man run down a homeless guy, who was hit so hard he came THRU the windshield. The driver continued to drive around town and down towards the skyway bridge.....never realizing a man was bleeding out onto his dashboard. Finally other drivers pinned his car so he had to stop. he never knew what happened. At least once a year we have something like that happen here.
How about fitting the scoots with a whip antenna and a day-glo flag?
My MIL (she passed away last year) lived in a wonderful retirement center in South Pasadena. It was on the water and she had a marvelous view from her apartment.
When I was reading the article I wondered if the woman in the scooter could have been crossing the street near the retirement center, but I think Hibiscus Avenue is farther north than where my MIL lived (guess I'll have to check it out on mapquest.)
How about 6 ft tall fiberglass poles with dayglo orange banners attached.....
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But for anyone who travels through the Tampa Bay area, whether in a car or in a wheelchair, it's a reminder of the dangers people in the scooters face cause. As born out by the last statement
He said he had seen Scibora another time at the intersection, darting across traffic and forcing cars on Pasadena to jam their brakes to avoid hitting her
what an unfortunate accident!
looks like the driver used all precautions tho...
"He said he saw Scibora leave a parking lot traveling fast, faster than Ronnberg's car. As Lutz saw it, Scibora hit the car. He said he had seen Scibora another time at the intersection, darting across traffic and forcing cars on Pasadena to jam their brakes to avoid hitting her."
Don't bring a scooter to a car crash.
Is the Tampa Bay area still listed as one of the least safe areas in the county for pedestrians? I live in the area and both elderly drivers and elderly pedestrians are unpredictable and unyielding.
This is sad, yes, but hardly an unknown danger. As a biker, I have *always* had to watch out for cagers, and the sight of some octogenerian peering out through the steering wheel at the road still makes Me instinctively head for the curb. You do not want to know how many times people have pulled the usual stunts in front of Me; left turns coming from the other direction, backing out of driveways within feet of Me, changing lanes into Me -you name it, it's happened. Despite assumptions otherwise, a few hundred pounds of steel on two tyres simply can not stop that quickly. Swifter than a car, yes, but momentum still dictates some less-than-instantaneous cessation of movement.
My eighty year old grandmother was driving with an elderly friend. They arrived at a familiar intersection. My grandmother looked to the left to see if traffic was clear for her left turn. She asked Mabel to look to the right. Mable said it was clear, and my grandmother turned, immediately caused an an accident. She was lucky that she was driving a 1976 Thunderbird... the old beast protected them, and no one was hurt. But, she shouldn't have relied upon her friend... that's what caused the accident.