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On our online newspaper there is mention of a 75 year old villager who has gone missing.

It also states that he has dementia. How come he is still allowed to drive?

Anyone want to bet who is more impaired a person who has dementia or person with .08 blood alcohol level.

We took care of my wife's mom for 7 months, she almost killed my wife driving the block.

Good morning Chatbrat.


It also states they argued before he left. The Dementia may just have shown signs. You can choose to be drunk, you are stuck with Dementia.


Did your wife's mom have a Mercedes too?

A person texting...

Please don't be so harsh - I'm sure the caregivers are beside themselves. This is a terrible disease that affects the entire family and it really is time for compassion not hate.

That is what I was tryin' to say.

If you look at the Comments on the Online site it looks like someone located him yesterday evening or thereabouts.

Dementia has levels. Some people could still drive even if they forget what they had for breakfast or repeat things that they just asked.

That other site has some rather dense reporters who should learn some discretion as to what they put in these descriptions.

The Comment was supposedly incorrect. The man is still out there. I got a Facebook update from the site that must not be named.

Looked at the other site this morning (Sunday), in red lettering it states, he has NOT been located.
There seems to be significant confusion, the article does not state he is licensed, just that he took the keys and the car. Please remember this person is suffering from dementia and probably does not realize what he is doing. Hope he is found OK.

The car should have OnStar since it is a GM product, I think it could be located using that.

My wife's mom had a Buick, typical old person's car @ the time. We only buy Mercedes because of the safety features comfort and the amount of boron high strength steel used.

Ms Smith said her Mercedes saved her life when she was broadsided.

I buy them for the star.

Hohum.

When I saw the title of this thread my first thought was... "Oh no! It's that damn William Devane again!"

and yet Subarus seem to have the best crash rating :sigh: