| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
ellipses
Mod
Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 9218
Location: WashPa!
|
 Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 12:29 pm Post subject: Take it away, Brant... |
 |
|
| Quote: | In the 24 cases where driver age was reported or readily inferred, the drivers included those of the ages 60, 61, 63, 66, 68, 71, 72, 72, 77, 79, 83, 85, 89—and I’m leaving out the son whose age wasn’t identified, but whose 94-year-old father died as a passenger.
|
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/OpEd-Contributor/I-am-not-afraid-of-my-Toyota-Prius-87361597.html
_________________
The end is nigh! OR forums die APRIL 1. Don't lose contact! Join the forums at bogsource.com now! |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Brant
Admin
Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 5277
Location: Hopewell Township
|
| Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 12:55 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Mandatory driver retesting for the elderly. It's time.
_________________
The priests of the different religious sects dread the advance of science as witches do the approach of daylight.
- Thomas Jefferson |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
amom
Mod
Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 2753
Location: You can't get here from there
|
| Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 12:57 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Thank you, Ellipses! I love Theodore Frank!
_________________
-amom
"If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?"
- Will Rogers |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
OndinitaAKALibchit
Journeyman
Joined: 05 Oct 2009
Posts: 3883
Location: Where the sun don't shine! ;-)
|
| Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 1:17 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I love your new avatar, Amom! Watch out for Phony...He may start hitting on you! 
_________________
"If by a 'Liberal' they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people — their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties ... if that is what they mean by a 'Liberal,' then I’m proud to say I’m a 'Liberal.'" ~ Senator John F. Kennedy 9/14/1960
Proud Member NDA |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
dick
Journeyman
Joined: 28 Jan 2009
Posts: 3134
|
| Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 1:40 pm Post subject: |
|
|
You guys are such ageists.
_________________
Proud Member NDA
Its okay to eat fish because they don't have any feelings.
Puff. Puff. Give. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
busdriver
Journeyman
Joined: 16 Mar 2009
Posts: 3497
|
| Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 3:16 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Brant wrote: | | Mandatory driver retesting for the elderly. It's time. |
Include common courtesy too after what I saw today.
I was driving on Pike Street in Houston before the 519 crossing when a senior citizen and his senior wife were attempting to enter Pike Street West from the old National City Bank (1st Niagra now?).
A red pick-up was in the left turn lane to turn on to 519. I was a bit behind and just let the senior turn left although there were no traffic issues on Pike Street.
This ill mannered old fart pulled along the red pick up who was turning left(old fart was going straight) blew his horn, wound his window down , and he and Mrs. Fart gave him the finger. The guy in the red truck did nothing wrong, they were not on the road, still on the bank's property and no on coming traffic even in sight .
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
pap
Understudy
Joined: 23 Nov 2009
Posts: 538
|
| Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 8:50 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Brant wrote: | | Mandatory driver retesting for the elderly. It's time. |
Retesting should also be manatory for anyone getting a DUI, speeding ticket, agressive driving ciation. These people should also be charged $250.00 for the retest. The retest for DUI must be completed before you get your license restored. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Brant
Admin
Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 5277
Location: Hopewell Township
|
| Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 9:36 am Post subject: |
|
|
The problem I have with retesting for DUI is that it really serves no purpose. These people will be sober (at least if they have any sense) when they retest. The problem that caused them to drive poorly won't be present any longer. The same with speeders and aggressive drivers. They aren't going to speed or drive aggressively when taking a retest. But the elderly who are no longer physically or mentally able to handle driving would not be able to modify their actions. Their shortcomings would be clear in a retest, and somebody's life might be saved.
_________________
The priests of the different religious sects dread the advance of science as witches do the approach of daylight.
- Thomas Jefferson |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
phonyfeminazi
Expert
Joined: 30 Sep 2008
Posts: 7819
|
| Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 10:28 am Post subject: Re: Take it away, Brant... |
|
|
| ellipses wrote: | | Quote: | In the 24 cases where driver age was reported or readily inferred, the drivers included those of the ages 60, 61, 63, 66, 68, 71, 72, 72, 77, 79, 83, 85, 89—and I’m leaving out the son whose age wasn’t identified, but whose 94-year-old father died as a passenger.
|
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/OpEd-Contributor/I-am-not-afraid-of-my-Toyota-Prius-87361597.html |
They are the only ones able to afford Tyotas.....after all, we old farts are on S.S., pensions, IRAs......we're loaded....
_________________
Exposing the secular humanist liberal "progressives". |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
busdriver
Journeyman
Joined: 16 Mar 2009
Posts: 3497
|
| Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 11:28 am Post subject: |
|
|
| pap wrote: | | Brant wrote: | | Mandatory driver retesting for the elderly. It's time. |
Retesting should also be manatory for anyone getting a DUI, speeding ticket, agressive driving ciation. These people should also be charged $250.00 for the retest. The retest for DUI must be completed before you get your license restored. |
"Retesting should also be manatory for anyone getting a DUI, speeding ticket, agressive driving ciation."
Re-tested for what ????? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
