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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: the alarming man on 12 October 2012, 13:40:06
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http://www.confused.com/car-insurance/articles/elderly-motorists-voted-most-irritating-is-this-fair (http://www.confused.com/car-insurance/articles/elderly-motorists-voted-most-irritating-is-this-fair)
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what a load of crap
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Well now, heres a topic bound to cause division in the ranks. ::)
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Cyclists ::).................................... :-X
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I wonder what they mean by 'Elderly' ....... :-\ :-\ :-\ Even Caravans are further down the list.... ??? :o :o
Think I will stick with the 4x4 category... :D :D :D
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It's just the arrogant bastards who think the rules don't apply to them who annoy me. But they transcend all demographics.
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Finished work today at 12:00 & as soon as I'd entered the main road on the Ind Estate I pulled out behind a fossil doing twenty.
She indicated to turn right into a recycling plant, oh good I thought I don't have to follow her any more. WRONG, she cancelled the indicator & proceeded to carry on. I followed her for around another mile, still doing twenty & braking for no reason at except for the imaginary objects in her path >:( >:(
We entered a forty limit & she still did twenty, needless to say I overtook her at earliest opportunity. Yep she was old, didn't have a clue where she was or where she was going, but the doctor says it's ok for her drive after a five minute consultation (if that) >:( >:( >:( >:(
This is why I cycle to work & make as many excuses as I can NOT to drive :( :y
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Bloody hell Pete, that's why I don't cycle. Too many lunatics and bad drivers like her on the road!
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Bloody hell Pete, that's why I don't cycle. Too many lunatics and bad drivers like her on the road!
Fortunately I don't have to touch the roads much with the way I go :y
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As you really hate driving Pete, I will happily give your Monaro the exercise it needs! When do you want me to pick it up?
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As you really hate driving Pete, I will happily give your Monaro the exercise it needs! When do you want me to pick it up?
Pay the years road tax & you can have a go :D
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I had to stop an elderly gent the other day. Reports coming in from concerned members of the public went - "He's drove into (Tescos) carpark the wrong way, nearly took a barrier & one of them silver bollards out, parked across 3 bays (dunno how he managed that) and appeared drunk" :o :o :o
I was the other side of town so I whipped up there, (bout 10 mins with blues) to get an update "He's just got back into the car, drove off up the kerb & his front door wasn't shut!" I caught up with him just as he turned into a junction on the wrong side of the road!!!! :o :o It took several attempts for me to stop him (lit up like a Christmas tree) and was sober as a judge when breathalysed. ::) ::)
He was driving wait for it.............A 59 plate Golf GTI ;D But not anymore alas :( for him. 86 and never had an accident........
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Having seen my own Grandfathers driving deteriorate terribly, and some of the rather bewildered driving around here between rush hours, I can't help but agree tbh.
Although the standard of driving rather than age specifically shouldn't be a decider. If the car in front was being driven predictably, we wouldn't notice the age of the driver at all. ...would we...? :-\
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At 75 I guess it is going to happen to me sooner than the rest of you. I have one caution for all of you youngsters, you too, if you're lucky, will be elderly drivers one day, so think on. :y
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Fact is, we as a family should have intervened long before, as he would then not knocked a guy off his push bike with nothing else around. He simply didn't see the cyclist.
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Let's face it, there's a broad spectrum of driving standards out there delivered by a wide age range,so of course if you ask a loaded question and depending on who you ask then this is the sort of biased result you 'll achieve.
So let's pretend that I've been asked that same question and the reply would be, "most other drivers on the road",because as you know that no matter where you are on our roads there happens to be an abundance of arrogant and impatient riders and drivers who are NEVER wrong and are always ready to criticise other peoples actions whilst ignoring their own low standards.
What we should look at is the accident/age rates and I'm pretty sure it's not going to be the elderly driver that features highly in the scale of things SO...verdict,, load of old kahoonas. But having said that I do think that there should be better safe guards in regard to elderly drivers including a yearly driving assessment in conjuction with a driver related health check and if you can't meet the standard then it's over....legally!
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My parents are both 68.
The old man scares the poo out of me.
Quite happy to sit at 39.9 mph in the outside of the 40 mph duel carrageway.
Anybody who even looks at him the wrong way and he wants to chase them down and fight them ::) :-[
My mam is probably one of the best drivers i've ever known on the public road.
Gets her boot down when its safe and her middle name is tollerance :y
Guess which one I take after ::) :-[
On a more serious note, imho its time to force all drivers over 70 to take a refresher test.
This should last a good hour and be a good mix of all types of driving ;)
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yep some older people are annoying, but then again so are a lot of cyclists, ,motorcyclists, and young racers, wont just say boy racers coz I have seen my fair share of idiotic you women drivers
I'm no where near a perfect driver, but I do observe speed limits as much as I can, I do remember where most of the speed signs are and adjust my speed to the right one in plenty os time, without harsh breaking.... makes me mad when you see a count down sign, yet people insist on slamming on just after the limit sign
Lee
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I`m the original mister slow
Even on my test the examiner was looking @ his watch.
I like to hit that sweet spot at about 25 mph, then she makes a nice sort of whistley noise.