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Originally Posted by Gene Babb
Can't wait for the self driving cars to be on the road. It will literally be a lifesaver for all of us. It will provide independence, dignity and safety for all. And allow everyone to be mobile for years after this would have normally been taken away.
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As the old saying goes, "Pride goes before a fall". Too many people are too proud to say that they are quitting or that they need to do so. Too many are too arrogant and continue to slam the older drivers when they are often more dangerous. Just like anything else, some are still capable at a very late age and some are never capable from the time they get a license.
Family should ride whenever possible with the older drivers as observers and make decisions based on those observations. If your kids are like mine, they will have no qualms on telling you what they think about most anything you do.
So far, they have said nothing about my driving. They do laugh when I say something about our heavy traffic. They live in Jacksonville and think this traffic is nothing. I beg to differ.
As for the testing, anyone at any age who receives a citation for a moving violation, should be required to be retested. Maybe just the thought of having to be would be incentive to change their attitudes and habits. Many think that just because they are licensed in another state, the rules shouldn't apply to them. The should, if they want to drive here.
I couldn't help but notice when the driver that hit and killed the two ladies in the golf cart had a medical event and jumped the curb on 466, all the remarks and rants about all the "old" drivers that shouldn't be behind the wheel came to a screeching halt when it came out that he was 54.
As for the dummies that walk behind cars that are pulling out of parking spaces, are they just that privileged or just plain dumb? Why is it necessary to drive through the parking lots like they are on the street, too? It's a
parking lot!! Cars are not there by others on a permanent basis for decoration. One lady went so far as to come tearing between me and the space I had just backed out of, and before I could change gears to go forward, went between me and the space, along the line of the other cars parked, only to slam on her brakes at the stop sign because there was traffic on the street. Unbelievable!! She was not old, either.
As for the self driving cars, you might have a very valid point. I, for one, would love it. Next problem would be to afford one.
They just need to be sure they can't be souped up the same way some do their carts.