Batman Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 I saw on the news the other day that statistics show that the elderly have more car accidents than teenagers. Woot! Suck it, geezers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 Gee, Batman; isn't it comforting to know that your age group is second only to those distracted while adjusting their Depends? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Fish Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 I would think they'd be neck and neck, considering most of both groups are on one kinda drug or another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 I've always thought that the general consensus was that everyone , except oneself ( of course ), is a bad driver ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadows Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 (edited) I havent got my learners liscence yet. I've read the road code, but then I didn't have the $80 required to sit the test. So dad gave me $80 but I "accidentally" spent it on CD's instead. I have driven before, but I nearly drove us into a pole. It was so close that my mum, brother, and friend (who were also in the car) all started screaming and hyperventilating. I don't really want to get my licsence, which I'm sure is probably a good thing. Edited November 15, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 I'm really quite good at it... but everyone around me is in denial so it takes some doing to get the keys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 Baby ... you can drive my car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 It's left-hand drive, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 Old people = more likely to be responsible for "low-level" bad driving: going too slowly, failing to indicate correctly, going round the roundabout several times before deciding which way is "home", grazing the kerb, bumping a gate-post whilst parking, etc. Young people = more likely to skid off the road, career into a bus-queue, over-turn three times before crashing through a shop doorway killing several customers and all the car's occupants, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 The evidence is in and that debate is settled. TY B-F!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 Old people = more likely to be responsible for "low-level" bad driving: going too slowly, failing to indicate correctly, going round the roundabout several times before deciding which way is "home", grazing the kerb, bumping a gate-post whilst parking, etc. Young people = more likely to skid off the road, career into a bus-queue, over-turn three times before crashing through a shop doorway killing several customers and all the car's occupants, etc. Tell it to this old geezer http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/07/16/farmers.market.crash/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 (edited) That's been some time ago. I wonder what happened to that guy, from a legal perspective? Addendum: I just Googled his name (ain't that an amazing thing?) The driver was found guilty of 10 counts (an initially surviving infant subsequently died after the linked story above appeared) of vehicular manslaughter and is to be sentenced this coming Monday, Nov. 20. Edited November 15, 2006 by Guest Responded to my own question after Googling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuzikTyme Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 Just imagine a leisurely Sunday cruise interrupted by the likes of these two... Games old drivers play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 ^^^So, who's the new kid?^^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 "Anyone who drives slower than me is an idiot, anyone who drives faster than me is an @$$hole." ~ Gallagher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted November 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 Old people = more likely to be responsible for "low-level" bad driving: going too slowly, failing to indicate correctly, going round the roundabout several times before deciding which way is "home", grazing the kerb, bumping a gate-post whilst parking, etc. Young people = more likely to skid off the road, career into a bus-queue, over-turn three times before crashing through a shop doorway killing several customers and all the car's occupants, etc. If you're implying that young drivers are more deadly, I learned in drivers ed that more old people die in car accidents than young people. I never quite understood why they told us that, it seems like a statistic they'd try to hide. I think another important point to make in this thread is that youth are invincible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted November 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 You know who else is bad at driving is those in their 20's. A lot of drunk driving accidents there (not to say there aren't a lot of drunk driving accidents with teens as well). It seems that the middle aged are the only people who are good at driving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 I would think that the reason more older people die in accidents than younger people is due to the fragility of elderly bodies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 Perhaps what's really at play here is the fragility of younger minds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 Perhaps what's really at play here is the fragility of younger minds. TRUTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Fish Posted November 17, 2006 Report Share Posted November 17, 2006 Old people - Can't see - Can't pedal - Don't have much left to live for - Can't drive fast enough Young people - Can't drive fast enough - Have friends - Are stupid - Live in the moment The reason why middle-aged people drive better is that they're at a point in between both of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted November 17, 2006 Report Share Posted November 17, 2006 Old people - Can't see - Can't pedal - Don't have much left to live for - Can't drive fast enough Young people - Can't drive fast enough - Have friends - Are stupid - Live in the moment The reason why middle-aged people drive better is that they're at a point in between both of these. That is a pretty dumb thing to say... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted November 17, 2006 Report Share Posted November 17, 2006 I am bad at driving when there are so many worse than me at driving... They just make me wish I wasn´t driving... that´s why I don´t drive anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted November 17, 2006 Report Share Posted November 17, 2006 "They're old and confused" - Kelly Bundy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted November 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 I would think that the reason more older people die in accidents than younger people is due to the fragility of elderly bodies. yeah, but when you combine that with the fact that old people get in the most accidents, it leads to the conclusion that they get in dangerous accidents, and not little fender benders as Blind Fitter was describing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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