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When I lived in off-base housing at the former Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth, Tx, we had a house right next to a major 4 lane highway.
My dad and I would sit on our porch swing and watch the light turn red and about 6 or 7 people EACH time run the light.
Here in Charleston, SC people can't drive either. I can't tell you how many times I have almost been hit by people not yielding when they exit the interstate, or they can't figure out how to stay in thier lanes in a two lane left turn, or the people in trucks and SUVs here that like to bully us in smaller vehicles. They get really pissed when I don't back down.
The only time I have actually been hit though was a 70-something yr old retired Air Force officer backed out and hit my car at the comissary because he didn't look back to see my car out there.

The BIGGEST problem on this base, and BlackIce wil tell you, these people don't know how to stop at stop signs. It's gotten worse now because they are tearing down our old gates and building up new state of the art ones. So they are putting up new stop signs and changing the base's only stop light every day. They haven't figured out yet that you must STOP when the red light is flashing and you are supposed to take CAUTION when the yellow is flashing.
We almost got hit the other day because they put up a new stop sign in front of the base gas station and some woman ran it as we were turning onto the street. We have the right of way even though we are turning onto that street because of the way traffic is right now. It's just crazy and I am going to email the base commander and tell him he's got to have Security Forces do something different in that specific area.

I believe that every driver should be required to go through a drivers training like course every 5 years regardless of age and I wouldn't mind seeing more frequent testing with the elderly. Before banning them from cars though, think of the consequences. When your parents get to be old, you are the one that is going to have taxi their wrinkly asses all over the damn place while listening to the same story over and over again. Before banning them from cars though, think of the consequences. When your parents get to be old, you are the one that is going to have taxi their wrinkly asses all over the damn place while listening to the same story over and over again. Before banning them from cars though, think of the consequences. When your parents get to be old, you are the one that is going to have taxi their wrinkly asses all over the damn place while listening to the same story over and over again. Before banning them from cars though, think of the consequences. When your parents get to be old, you are the one that is going to have taxi their wrinkly asses all over the damn place while listening to the same story over and over again...

Crap...time to schedule a driving test for myself....what were we talking about again?

I'd much rather see them calling me for rides, or using the Public Transit system we have here in Denver. It's a great system, alot of people don't realize how convenient it can be. Also, the elderly that DO pass the driving test could help out those that didn't and give them rides that way. I would really like to see something like this happen in the near future. I'm sure by the time my generation gets to a level of power, this will become an interest.

The elderly are just such a risk when it comes to situations like this. Sure they can drive straight and turn, especially when they are forced to focus on the road with an instructor next to them, so they might still be able to pass a driving test. But what worries me is when it comes crunch time, and something unexpected happens, or if they are even slightly distracted. These situations should be incorporated into the driving test, then licenses can be re issued if they are competent enough to handle an unexpected maneuver.

I've seen and heard of many incidents(like this one) where it takes the littlest thing to distract them, or they just plum aren't paying attention, and all of a sudden they are slowly drifting to a curb full of people, they are accidentally running a red light, that sort of thing.

Like Plato stated, I think it would be much more acceptable to have them use public transportation or being driven around by some other means than causing tragedy. If you look around in your local paper's archives, you'll find countless articles on elderly people just being oblivious to traffic laws and causing an accident resulting in injury/death. If prohibiting people over the age of 75 or whatever from driving unless passing a test saves 8 lives, it's well worth it in my opinion.

i dont know about you guys but i clicked that link and got a wicked video alright...but not of a PT cruiser
i got a video of a porn type situation with one chick throwing up in another chicks mouth...like i said

YIKES!