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This tradgedy hits close to home.
A year and a half ago, my wife, child and mother in law were sitting at a stop light. One car in front and two cars behind. A gentelman driving a full size truck comes down the road in a full on epileptic seizure. Hits car one which hits car two which hits our van which hits the car in front. Estimate speed was 60+. Car one is demolished, car two (big Ram truck) little or no damage, our van pretty mush totaled. I get a call from my wife that this has happened so I rush to the scene to take care of my then 8 month old infant. The scene is pretty much carnage but by dumb luck no one is dead. All I can think is how did this guy get a license?
The decision has to be made that people with debilitating afflictions should not be allowed driving privleges based on the assumption that "It is probably OK for them to drive".
Same can be said for elderly people. Motor skills diminish as we age and there comes a time when you cannot reliably say that the elderly do not pose a threat. Maybe yearly physical and perception testing after the age of 65 could be a solution but non-action means that scenes like this will become more commonplace as the baby boomers age.
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gary
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