Best Car Wreck Photo EVAH!
I've always been leery of the fact we still hand out drivers licenses to 96-yr olds. I'll never forget the time I was in line at the DMV getting my renewal. An elderly lady in front of me was taking her eye test (with glasses) and being given 3 chances to pass. I made sure to avoid her when I left the parking lot.
And now...here is the Greatest Elderly Car Wreck Photo EVAH!
From the Cedar Rapids Gazette (online digital edition, Tue 5/1/07), photog: Christoph Trappe:
Description: One car sits on top of another after an accident Monday in the St. Luke's Hospital parking lot in Cedar Rapids. Ethel Steele, 96, of Cedar Rapids, was pulling into the lot off A Avenue NE about 11:20 a.m. when she lost control and stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake pedal, according to a police report. Her car sped across the lot and up an embankment, briefly became airborne, struck a tree and landed atop an unoccupied parked car. Steele was treated for a minor cut to her arm.
Ahhh...the beauty of an 8-year license renewal process...
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2 comments:
And they're BOTH Oldsmobiles! Two survivors of an orphan brand leap into one another's arms...
I think the DMV should establish a cut off for elderly drivers whereas they would be required to take a driving test to renew. Not because I'm ageist, just because I know with the renewal process, my husband's grandfather spent the last 10 years of his life, LEGALLY BLIND, driving a car because he was a stubborn ol' fart and felt he was perfectly able to drive a car. *shudder*
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