[Chatbrat]

My wife just called me["looks like an 85 year old woman lost control of an suv in the Colony Publix parking lot --whacked approx 6 vehicles "

[jnieman]

Originally Posted by Chatbrat

My wife just called me["looks like an 85 year old woman lost control of an suv in the Colony Publix parking lot --whacked approx 6 vehicles "

I hope no one is injured. Keep us posted.

[JSR22]

Originally Posted by Chatbrat

My wife just called me["looks like an 85 year old woman lost control of an suv in the Colony Publix parking lot --whacked approx 6 vehicles "

My husband just came back from Colony. He said there were many police cars EMT etc. He said the cars she backed into had a lot of damage.

[vintageogauge]

That's why God created backup cameras. I too hope there were no injuries.

[asianthree]

Originally Posted by vintageogauge

That's why God created backup cameras. I too hope there were no injuries.

I am thinking a back up camera would not have helped, more like hit the gas instead of break, or medical emergency. We arrived just after

Originally Posted by vintageogauge

That's why God created backup cameras. I too hope there were no injuries.

My husband worked part time in a body shop up north after he retired and he said that all of the vehicles with the backup cameras always came in with side damage because people only relied on the camera instead of looking around their car.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by fw102807

My husband worked part time in a body shop up north after he retired and he said that all of the vehicles with the backup cameras always came in with side damage because people only relied on the camera instead of looking around their car.

This whole thread is very sad. I am sure that the 85 year old lady was once a twenty year old with excellent driving skills and a fifty year old who was very careful while driving and a sixty year old who could still turn her neck to check behind her.

We all will reach a point when someone takes our keys away if we are unable to see for ourselves that it isn't wise to drive anymore. I see no cause to belabor the obvious point here.

I hope no one was hurt. I hope she did not have a medical episode, such as a surprising new heart symptom. I hope it never happens to anyone reading this thread. Or to me.

[manaboutown]

I had known this 87 year old lady for a about 10 years prior to this terrible event and believed she should have given up her keys a few years before this happened. She was the widow of a big band leader and had some money. There were multiple lawsuits, of course. I do not know what eventually happened to her. 13 Hurt as Car Rams Into Crowd - latimes

In New Mexico starting at age 79 one needs to get checked every year to keep a driver's license, actually a yearly renewal. It used to be at age 75.

[Chatbrat]

don't sweat it the Fl minimum auto insurance will make everyone whole !!!!

My dad was in his late 80s and had dementia but refused to give up his car. Without guardianship my sister and I could not legally take away his car. I contacted the registry and provided documentation of his dementia and they revoked his license so he never knew it was us. He started to deteriorate quickly after that and I hated having to do it.

[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by fw102807

My dad was in his late 80s and had dementia but refused to give up his car. Without guardianship my sister and I could not legally take away his car. I contacted the registry and provided documentation of his dementia and they revoked his license so he never knew it was us. He started to deteriorate quickly after that and I hated having to do it.

My father voluntarily gave up driving. He was born in 1898 and had been a traveling salesman back to the days of the Model T and the old Lincoln Highway. He never had an accident, to my knowledge never had been issued a ticket, and was one heck of a good driver, teaching me many of his bag of good driving tricks. He never developed dementia but had started to suffer from Parkinson's disease which is why I suppose he decided to give up driving. We never discussed why. He just knew it was time.

This left the driving to my mother who learned to drive only at about age 45. She suffered some minor strokes in her early eighties. Now getting her to stop at that point took some doing. I literally came to tears, begging her to give up her keys after I rode with her on a test drive. What finally convinced her, and I do not know how I ever got the thought, was I asked her "How would you feel if you hit a child who ran out into the street in front of you?" That convinced her. My brother and I moved our parents to a very pleasant assisted living facility where they loved it. My mother only lasted a couple more years but my father lived to age 94.

Life is a series of phases.

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by fw102807

My dad was in his late 80s and had dementia but refused to give up his car. Without guardianship my sister and I could not legally take away his car. I contacted the registry and provided documentation of his dementia and they revoked his license so he never knew it was us. He started to deteriorate quickly after that and I hated having to do it.

Similar situation here.

Although it tore me up to have to do it, I kept in mind that I knew it was the right thing and might have even saved someone from getting hurt...or worse.

[EPutnam1863]

Originally Posted by vintageogauge

That's why God created backup cameras. I too hope there were no injuries.

God did not create them. Manufacturers create them and pass the charges to the buyers. This is one of the best safety features a driver can have and should be in every single car that is being manufactuered these days.

[Schaumburger]

Originally Posted by EPutnam1863

God did not create them. Manufacturers create them and pass the charges to the buyers. This is one of the best safety features a driver can have and should be in every single car that is being manufactuered these days.

Backup cameras will be mandatory in all vehicles under 10,000 lbs. built in and after May of this year.

[Chatbrat]

more important than back up cameras are auto braking--they work, I know from personal experience