85 Year Old Hits Gas And Not The Brakes!!!! WTF

[Mr. Stacy]

Originally Posted by Tunamanz

So her and the lady she rear ended pulled into that parking lot just to exchange information and then all that happened. Two totally different accidents back to back. The rear end accident was totally minor. The lady was cited for the street accident but the officer could not do anything to her because it was private property (parking lot) which is a load of horse shit if you ask me!

Charger just moved to Clearwater from California so that is why she has those plates. It was paid of with two more payments. Both other cars are Florida plates.

Honestly, with whatever damage is underneath a car fax with suspension damage pretty much kills the value of our car. I hope to hell they just total it.

So sad. Sorry man. I hope they do total it so you don't have to deal with all the repair bs. Are you in Texas? They have excellent consumer protection laws concerning insurance.

Did they drug test her? Should have, probably high on all kinds of Rx. What a menace to society. Only lucky that old bat didn't kill a few people while she was busy creaming cars.

Yes, there will come a time for all of us, obviously well past her time. I would sue the ditz for a brand new car.

[two_wheel_mayhem]

A lot of old people get to drive until they mess a bunch of stuff up. I'm sure she doesn't get to drive anymore after this.

Just because the police didn't do anything, her doctors and caregivers will.... she's done.

[Tunamanz]

She lied to the cops about the first accident stating that there was a brown car weaving in and out which caused the accident. Old people here in Florida are trained to lie their asses off so they don't lose their licenses. It is a crock of shit!!!!

Have a call into an attorney so we will see where it goes....

[Mr. Stacy]

Originally Posted by two_wheel_mayhem

A lot of old people get to drive until they mess a bunch of stuff up. I'm sure she doesn't get to drive anymore after this.

Just because the police didn't do anything, her doctors and caregivers will.... she's done.

Seems if she had decent caregivers, she wouldn't have been driving at all. Who knows, maybe a medical thing though.

I guess you just have to be ready for a calamity to strike at any time. That is some crazy stuff.

[tritus]

Wow hopefully you will get a new car. I was rear ended by a 86 yo lady while I was at a full stop at a red light recently. Older people need to get off the roads...

[1110110]

I personally knew two people who were run over and killed by elderly drivers (in separate incidents). TWO! This pisses me off. I always walk with my head on a swivel when I'm in a parking lot.

[1Canuck]

I thought this sounded familiar

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=452393

[Mr. Stacy]

Originally Posted by 1Canuck

I thought this sounded familiar

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=452393

Wait....what? IDK, you know we have interesting stores here...

You should be more respectful of your elders. And an f'd up Camaro. Same color as mine. I would be very sad about now....

[drew peacock]

the old bat should be publicly horsewhipped for doing that..then take her liscence and burn the bloody thing.

at 80 it should be compulsory retest eyetest every 2 years...

[ChrisBlair]

Guys it was an unfortunate thing and it seems nobody was hurt. There's a lot of, well, anger here directed towards senior drivers.

The fact is that senior drivers make up a lower percentage of drivers than say, teenage drivers, and statistically, it has been shown that teenage drivers are usually more dangerous. While seniors have a high 'accident per mile' rating, similar to teens, they drive less. And historically, automobile accidents are a top (if not THE top) cause of teenage death.

These incidents described in this thread should not have happened, but let's not pretend that bone-headed plays are the province of solely the old. I'm sure each of us could, if it were possible, conduct very simple tests on the first 100 drivers we see today, and determine that 10 or 15 percent of them, regardless of age, do not understand what they are doing behind the wheel.

And Drew. Horsewhipping? I hope my dog never pees on your lawn, I might have my hands chopped off.

[CodemanZL1]

wow, that really sucks. Hope it all works out for you

[Ravenwood]

Man that sucks... Looks like the chassis might be bent too.

[nosmr2]

That's pretty impressive, in a bad way.

98 year old across the street just got her license renewed.

We had to take the keys away from my great grandmother after more than a couple of hit and runs around town. Driving is a big independence thing that older people don't want to give up.

[FenwickHockey65]

Originally Posted by scandata

I REALLY expected to see Florida plates on the cars. That happens a few times a year down here, but they usually drive into the front of a store. So how many tickets did she get - the only reason she was in your parking lot was because she'd already hit another car on the road!

I'm in the auxiliary academy for FHP right now and we literally had an entire unit on how to deal with the elderly.

Unfortunately it's not that easy to just pull their license and say have a nice day. You'll have to contact neighbors or next of kin to arrange something since he/she will still need to go to the groceries or pick up prescriptions. Then a lot of times there's emotional distress since for many, driving is one of the few independent things they have left. There's been a few cases where revoking an elderly person's license has led to Baker Act.

Hopefully they just total OP's car and he can get into a 6th gen or something.