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Re: OT--Dangerous older driver


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Posted by Goose on June 20, 2011 at 11:13:53 from (173.190.237.126):

In Reply to: OT--Dangerous older driver posted by WorrriedInNebraska on June 20, 2011 at 10:37:56:

Try talking to a local law officer and see if he can be called in to be retested on his license.

A number of years ago, there was a family in a nearby small town. The old man was in the same situation as the one you describe, and he was the only one in the family who drove. His wife never learned, and neither of their two sons could get a license. One was mentally retarded and the other was shell-shocked from WWII. (They call it PTSD today).

The entire family routinely went out to eat at a restaurant on the Interstate five miles from town. The old man was so stove up, the sons had to stuff him behind the wheel of the car. Everyone just held their breath when they saw the car.

A Nebraska State Trooper I knew told me once that the old man had run him off the road. The old man came across the center line, and all the Trooper could do was bail out and head for the ditch with the patrol car. The Trooper, Mike, said he turned around and pulled the guy over. Mike said you would have thought the guy would have been a bit subdued under the circumstances, but he ran on, "G-- D-----, I've been driving for seventy years and there ain't no young whipper-snapper going to tell me how to drive!"

Mike said he turned in a form to have the guy retested for his license, but nothing came of it. The old geezer finally croaked before he did anything serious.

But--when my mother was 90, a local city policeman thought she went through a yellow light a bit late, and used it as an excuse to have her retested. She went through the entire exam, road test and all, with flying colors and kept her license. Then two years later, she quit driving on her own decision.

So I'd say if you talk to enough local law officers, you should be able to find one that will have the guy retested. And hopefully get him off the road.


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