77 year old Florida man clips deputy's vehicle during traffic stop - just keeps going

[SteyrAUG]

The thing is, a drivers test isn't exactly rocket science, as drivers so often prove. I'd bet many people on this forum have more training with firearms than they do with driving (I certainly do). When I moved to my current residence and had to retake the drivers exam, it was open book (for anyone that already had a license). I was congratulated for scoring 100% in a way that made me feel that most people didn't get 100%...on an open book exam. I also ride a motorcycle, and the old drivers are a large reason I will never live in Florida.

To our horror and amazement my Grandmother passed her driving test TWICE after she became a problematic driver. Among the things she managed to hit prior to those driving tests 1. a mailbox, 2. a SUV parked in a 40 foot driveway (confused the gas with the brake) and 3. a brick wall (she was running late for lunch).

We are happy she never hit a person, but that was luck more than anything else.

[Honu]

Had a lady the other day going into shopping center she was in the right lane I was in the left she then starts turning into me ? Stops just short of hitting me ? Then puts her left blinker on and sits in the intersection then kinda goes forward stops
She looked about 90 and don't see how she could see over the wheel even ?

Chances are she drove like crap at 50 just gets worse ! Same as crappy drivers in there twenties will be the crappy ones when they get old !

[Eurodriver]

not funny but my new patrol suv had 4 days on it and a 78 year old lady crosses my lane of traffic and drills my new Tahoe, yeah bright white daytime running lights on and a push bumper. all she could say was "I never saw you" That's why our state has a form any officer or deputy can fill out and with good reason cause the driver to get retested.

I just looked up the statistics on infoplease.com

Florida has 2,800,000 more people age 62+ than Iowa does.

It is quite terrifying.

[markm]

Wow! That's a lot of stolen Salt and Pepper shakers and silverware!!!

[brickboy240]

Old people and illegals are some of the scariest drivers I see in our city.

...next to the cell phone jockeys that just cannot leave their damn phones alone.

Thank God for Ranch Hand bumpers! LOL

-brickboy240

[Big A]

I just looked up the statistics on infoplease.com

Florida has 2,800,000 more people age 62+ than Iowa does.

It is quite terrifying.

I'm more concerened about the people who don't have a valid licsense and therefore do not have insurance than I am senior citizen drivers.

You really have to do a lot of shitty driving to get your licsense suspended.

[SteveS]

We will hopefully be that age and only clip cars.

[SOWT]

Cop should sue the old man's insurance company.

Might not get a lot, but I bet his rates go up.

[T2C]

And with the aging population its only going to get worse, thankfully all the blue hairs retire in sunny Florida.

A lot of people refer to Florida as God's waiting room.

[Waylander]

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