Old people drivers

[ThisOleMiss]

Is it just me, or are the old people out to get me? It all started last Thursday. I got volunteered to take my dad for his checkup at the VA hospital. He is 85 and after his last accident has been banned from driving in areas where people don't know him and don't get out of his way. I dropped him off at the entrance and went to park my car. I see this guy backing out of his space and stop. He backs into me. I backed up about ten feet to give him more room, and he backs into me AGAIN. Fortunatly he's going really really slow and doesn't even knock the bugs off my bumper. Old guy finally gets the idea he's hit someone and stops. He's got a handicapped sticker, has two hearing aids, and is obviously blind as a bat. His family should be ashamed of themselves for letting him out alone. Nothing harmed, just some frayed nerves.

So today, I'm downtown, or what passes for downtown in this little burg, stopped at a redlight, another car ahead of me, so there is no way I can get out of the way, and this lady who must be seventy if she's a day, backed out of a parking space, putting a hell of a dent in my rear passanger door. She's driving this huge dodge ram quad cab with a camper shell on the back and blacked out windows all around. Said she didn't see my little Hyundai. She didn't hear me honking my horn either, because she had all the windows rolled up and the air and stereo going full blast, oh, and lets not forget the five pound yip dog on the seat back yipping like crazy. Oh, and she has her insurance agent on her speed dial because I'm the second person she's hit and she's only had the truck about four months. Did I mention that there wasn't a scratch on her truck? Maybe I should get a tank.

Anyway, my thing is some old people shouldn't be driving. I know I'll get there one day myself, and I hope when that day comes I'll have sense enough to quit before I hurt someone or cause some major property damage. And, if you're gonna buy the biggest truck on the market, make sure you can drive the damn thing before you take it home. Or get some warning lights.

Maggie M...