Elderly Driver Stories

[ohthejosh]

They can't judge speed very well, apparently 45 mph through an intersection looks like 5 mph and is okay to make that turn on red then proceed to travel at 5 mph after turn is made.

[matthugie]

One from my dad: His house growing up was on the corner of a main-ish street and a side street. He was out mowing the lawn and an old woman came up on the side street on the other side of the main road and stopped as she was supposed to (surprisingly). A motorcycle was coming down the main road and as he got to the intersection the old lady just went through, hitting him. The bike went down, but the guy ended up on the hood of the car. The woman just kept driving with the guy on the hood so he started banging on the windshield to get her to stop. Her reaction: turn on the windshield wipers....