Should she still be driving?

[mkk41]

I guess she'll have to kill someone before they yank her license.

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Police: 94-year-old driver hits ditches, sign, trees and telephone pole
By: Christopher Ruvo

An elderly Riegelsville woman told police she was distracted when she drove her car into ditches, a roadside sign, a tree and a telephone pole over a span of three miles on Route 412 in Nockamixon, state police said Tuesday.

Mary L. Dungan, 94, sustained minor injuries and her 1996 Honda Accord was towed, troopers reported.

Dungan was south on the 4000 block of Route 412 shortly before 10 a.m. on Thursday when she drove into a ditch, said police. The car traveled 21 feet before striking a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation sign, police said. .

Undaunted, Dungan continued driving, but 54 feet down the road from the collision with the sign her Accord reportedly struck a large tree.

But Dungan kept on trucking, and soon damaged the vehicle’s transmission by striking a ditch on the southbound side of the road, police said.

The car then crossed the roadway and hit the northbound side ditch before striking a telephone pole, troopers reported.

Traveling south on the northbound side of the road, Dungan’s car hit the ditch again before crossing to the south side of Route 412, said police.

And on Dungan went, south on Route 412, before turning onto Route 611. There the escapade ended, more than three miles from the initial crash site, said police.

A press release from state police said Dungan has not been charged.

 

[deralte]

Sure glad shes not driving around where I live

 

[JWiley]

A long time ago, my father and aunt tried to get NY to pull my Grandfather's DL to no avail. The NY DMV agreed with them but as long as he could pass the tests his license was renewed.

I put my Mother's car title in my name. Fortunately I never had to sell the car out from under her. She kinda liked being chofured(sp).

It's odd when the parent/child roles are reversed.

 

[afriqueart]

I used to live in Florida. It's where all the folks who don't know how to drive in the north East retire. Almost weekly, you'd read about some 90+er backing out of their driveway, zooming across the street and running over some offspring.

They also have the nasty habit of letting Fi Fi go play near the canals. The gators love to eat little doggies!

 

[The Big D]

I guess she'll have to kill someone before they yank her license.

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Police: 94-year-old driver hits ditches, sign, trees and telephone pole
By: Christopher Ruvo

An elderly Riegelsville woman told police she was distracted when she drove her car into ditches, a roadside sign, a tree and a telephone pole over a span of three miles on Route 412 in Nockamixon, state police said Tuesday.

Mary L. Dungan, 94, sustained minor injuries and her 1996 Honda Accord was towed, troopers reported.

Dungan was south on the 4000 block of Route 412 shortly before 10 a.m. on Thursday when she drove into a ditch, said police. The car traveled 21 feet before striking a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation sign, police said. .

Undaunted, Dungan continued driving, but 54 feet down the road from the collision with the sign her Accord reportedly struck a large tree.

But Dungan kept on trucking, and soon damaged the vehicle’s transmission by striking a ditch on the southbound side of the road, police said.

The car then crossed the roadway and hit the northbound side ditch before striking a telephone pole, troopers reported.

Traveling south on the northbound side of the road, Dungan’s car hit the ditch again before crossing to the south side of Route 412, said police.

And on Dungan went, south on Route 412, before turning onto Route 611. There the escapade ended, more than three miles from the initial crash site, said police.

A press release from state police said Dungan has not been charged.

Chances are she's a better driver than this knucklehead in Dallas!!!

This Is Not How You're Supposed to Fly Out of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport - Dallas News - Unfair Park

Be safe.

 

[writerinmo]

I was in the parking lot of the local Big Lots store, which was pretty well empty. Only two cars near the store, and one nice new Mustang in the next row. I was parked out about ten spaces as I was waiting for the wife to show up, and watched as this beat-to-hell Honda Accord slooooowly came across the lot, curving around the Mustang...barely, I was waiting for her to crunch the front fender she was so close, she was cutting in between it and a pole designating the Handicapped spot across from it. The owner of one of the two cars was loading his purchases into the back seat, another guy was hopping on his Harley that was parked one spot away, when the elderly lady cut the corner and headed up the parking aisle... ever so slowly rubbing the side of her car against the guys rear bumper. She never tried to stop, just kept on rubbin harder and harder, caving in the passenger front and rear doors and quarter panel. I am about stone cold deaf and was on the other side of her car and STILL I heard the quarter panel POP! and she goes on creeping by... the guy hollers at her, the biker steps out and flags her down... she stops, the guy tells her she hit his car, she turns the wheel to the left and takes off, the front end of her car smashing up into one of the planter sections at the end of the aisle, high centering on it...

I went on into the store after giving the guy my name and number in case he needed another witness. I never heard from him, from the shape of the car I think that this was surely not the first time the lady had played demo-derby.

 

[venomballistics]

Chances are she's a better driver than this knucklehead in Dallas!!!

This Is Not How You're Supposed to Fly Out of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport - Dallas News - Unfair Park

Be safe.

she gets some style points.
if your out to cash in a ride ..... thats how its DONE SON.

There comes a time when a driver just needs to hang it up. Many seem to do exactly that when the time comes ... others just wont read the memo.
if she were 23 ... she'd have lost her license and her freedom for fleeing the scene of an accident, reckless driving, public endangerment, destruction of property.

at what age does this become "cute"?

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather-not screaming in terror like his bus passengers

 

[canoeguy]

When my Step-Mother, "Mabel" got into her 80's, she wanted to keep driving but realized she could not see well enough to drive at night. She also had some health issues that were related to smoking, so my Dad quit buying her cigarrettes.

She would sneak out to buy cigs while my Dad was at work, one night he had to work late and wasn't going to get home till well past dark. Mabel took this opportunity to sneak down to the store for some smokes, she got out on the highway, the headlights of the oncoming cars confused her, she crossed the centerline and hit another vehicle head on, destroying both cars. Fortunately, the seat belts and air bags in both vehicles worked as advertised and no one was injured.

She called my Dad up and said "Come get me, somethings wrong with the car, it won't start"......

My Dad's insurance company payed the claim, and said they wouldn't raise his rates if Mabel turned in her drivers license, which she did. From then on, she had to find other ways to sneak cigarrettes.....

 

[MrJT]

s
if she were 23 ... she'd have lost her license and her freedom for fleeing the scene of an accident, reckless driving, public endangerment, destruction of property.

at what age does this become "cute"?

Well said! I think older drivers should have to pass tests every so many years after a certain age.

And I'm coming close to that age. Very close!

 

[DeathGrip]

I'm going through some issues with my mom.My dad is OK but at 80 I want to watch things.I got into a big fight a few weeks ago with my brother about my dad driving after dark.I drove around the corner and spied on my dadd then followed him.He did fine.Gonna come a time when even he will have to stop.That's gonna suck.
Understand,My dad is a car nut and a good driver.'66 F100 Big Block 4Speed.He bought new in '66.Still drives it.

D.G.

 

[venomballistics]

Well said! I think older drivers should have to pass tests every so many years after a certain age.

And I'm coming close to that age. Very close!

I'm coming up on the small 40.
never been a fan of trucks as primary transportation and always favored a quick and nimble car. I find some advantages in this.
Im not really young, nor am I done but there are some things at age 27 I could do in that Mustang of mine that I wouldn't DARE try now. I can feel that requisite timing and precision for hand brake turns dwindle.
But thats fine. I know what its like to drop that 4500 RPM crank into a 5 speed, I really have nothing to prove to myself or any curiosity to feed.
Its a young punks job now.
likewise I know Ill keep losing abilities as the years pile on. The pony will tell me when I need to pass her along just as she's told me to slow down and live a while.

 

[cowboy117]

Jeez Louise!!!!!Reminds me of the South Park episode where old people[i'm 66!] were driving!

 

[shooboy]

The important question is whether she was carrying a semi-auto pistol or a revolver........Shoo

 

[judge]

A short note about the FLA drivers. I tell my wife never to sit in any restaurant which has a table facing the window and/parking lot. Not a week goes by down here without one of our seniors driving thru a plate glass window at a drive in, bank, drug store, etc. The usual story is the gas pedal "stuck". If you value your life keep this in mind when visiting our beautiful state.

 

[ladder13]

Are they sure it wasn't a Toyota?

 

[DeathGrip]

^^^^Got that right.Judge.

D.G.

 

[mwtdvm]

It's odd when the parent/child roles are reversed.

But sometimes you can out fox them. My Mom was "loosing it" She would loose it at an intersection and forget where she was at or going.. Unclear which. My sister had tried to intervene with bad results... "Nothing wrong with me, it's all those other people driving crazy fast.."
My sister talked to Mom's physician and he then broached the topic and then suggested that with all the crazy people on the road, maybe it would be better if she reduced her "stress levels" by not driving any more. I guess this logic from an "authority figure" worked as Mom agreed.

Perhaps this will work for those of you who used to be the child and are now on the other side of the fence.

It is a sad time in our lives.

 

[venomballistics]

Its always a bit sad ... but not always hard and doesnt always require trickery, just an allowance for dignity.
Took my father a long time to acquire his dream machine.
Last time I was there the tail light of his F250 Diesel was smashed and he claimed that a brake line blew and he hasnt moved her since.
I know for a fact that two years prior, all the lines were changed out, brake and fuel. I did the work myself.
you can bet I checked into his old lady .... the plumbing is still as dead on pristine as the day I tightened the last fitting. the tale was half true ... he hadnt moved it since ... so, Ill just let him pretend the line is blown. Its better that way

 

[BarbC]

Don't even start me on my tales. I work in an old folks' home.

One morning, one lady meets me in the parking lot and says, "I just hit a car in the lot because of the ice." I looked around the dry parking lot and said, "What ice?" She said, "The ice on my windshield." She hadn't been able to scrape it off. She hit a car on her driver's side which meant she had also been driving on the wrong side of the lot.

Another woman is chronically on death's door. She is very frail. She has passed out and broken her nose. She not only still drives but she takes her best friend who is legally blind out for long drives in the country.

I had to persuade the family of an Alzheimer's-stricken tenant to take her car away because I was afraid she'd get lost and never find her way back.

They are going pretty slow and don't go on the interstate but I worry all the time. Some seem to know when it's time to get rid of the car. Some wait until the car is totalled.

I had brought in a speaker from the Department of Highway Safety with a multimedia presentation on when it's time to give up the keys. None of the attendees realized he meant them.

In PA, you can notify the state police about your concern and they will issue a citation for a mandatory retest.