98 yr old duke crashes range rover
Discussion
ashleyman said:
This chick was on This Morning about her broken wrist.
Not her baby. Not her car. She wasn’t driving. Yet she wants an apology. Haha.
Shouldn’t she be supporting her friend?
https://youtu.be/3D4NcJoF0R8
Sounds like she'll be milking it.Not her baby. Not her car. She wasn’t driving. Yet she wants an apology. Haha.
Shouldn’t she be supporting her friend?
https://youtu.be/3D4NcJoF0R8
Doesn't have the answers to the questions she apparently needs (insurance details) ... Ongoing medical problems ... Etc etc - but more than happy to speak to the press and appear on TV.
Have some decorum woman !
dandarez said:
billshoreham said:
Eyersey1234 said:
I have always thought the current self cert for driving doesn't work. Too often an older person causes a crash where someone is injured or killed and their age has been shown to have played a part.
example please? too many ageist t
ts on here.ts always forget it that one day (only if they're lucky, of course) they too will become 'old'. Still, there's an outside chance that the generation then following them, given how the world is currently going, will probably give them both barrels!
That's, as said, is if they're lucky enough to reach being 'old'.
Yes - this ageist thing is annoying. Someone in their 80's/90's can be in better health than a much younger person.
Melchett1905 said:
dandarez said:
billshoreham said:
Eyersey1234 said:
I have always thought the current self cert for driving doesn't work. Too often an older person causes a crash where someone is injured or killed and their age has been shown to have played a part.
example please? too many ageist tts on here.ts always forget it that one day (only if they're lucky, of course) they too will become 'old'. Still, there's an outside chance that the generation then following them, given how the world is currently going, will probably give them both barrels!
That's, as said, is if they're lucky enough to reach being 'old'.
Yes - this ageist thing is annoying. Someone in their 80's/90's can be in better health than a much younger person.
ashleyman said:
This chick was on This Morning about her broken wrist.
Not her baby. Not her car. She wasn’t driving. Yet she wants an apology. Haha.
Shouldn’t she be supporting her friend?
https://youtu.be/3D4NcJoF0R8
You've had your 5 minutes love, now please fNot her baby. Not her car. She wasn’t driving. Yet she wants an apology. Haha.
Shouldn’t she be supporting her friend?
https://youtu.be/3D4NcJoF0R8
k off!Melchett1905 said:
A mum, in her 30's crashed into my dad head on. She cut the corner on a bend. Ban all 30 ish year old mums it what I say! (Joking btw).
Yes - this ageist thing is annoying. Someone in their 80's/90's can be in better health than a much younger person.
Why not let children drive then? Yes - this ageist thing is annoying. Someone in their 80's/90's can be in better health than a much younger person.
Vipers said:
Melchett1905 said:
dandarez said:
billshoreham said:
Eyersey1234 said:
I have always thought the current self cert for driving doesn't work. Too often an older person causes a crash where someone is injured or killed and their age has been shown to have played a part.
example please? too many ageist tts on here.ts always forget it that one day (only if they're lucky, of course) they too will become 'old'. Still, there's an outside chance that the generation then following them, given how the world is currently going, will probably give them both barrels!
That's, as said, is if they're lucky enough to reach being 'old'.
Yes - this ageist thing is annoying. Someone in their 80's/90's can be in better health than a much younger person.
We draw a line at one end of the driving spectrum because we know children mature and 17/18 is the point where historically people are old enough to be aware of their wider responsibilities with drink, voting, and driving. We should also apply the same at the other end when people start to put their own dogged fight for independence ahead of the wider publics safety. We have a test to determine if a child is competent to drive at 17, we shouldn't be embarrassed to seek a short re-test every 5 years once a person has reached 75 years of age.
If the duke is still competent to drive despite this accident, let him carry on driving. If he's not, take his keys off him.
The Surveyor said:
Is it ageist to stop children driving, I'm sure there are some 12, 13 and 14 year olds who could be perfectly safe on the roads never mind 17 year olds?
We draw a line at one end of the driving spectrum because we know children mature and 17/18 is the point where historically people are old enough to be aware of their wider responsibilities with drink, voting, and driving. We should also apply the same at the other end when people start to put their own dogged fight for independence ahead of the wider publics safety. We have a test to determine if a child is competent to drive at 17, we shouldn't be embarrassed to seek a short re-test every 5 years once a person has reached 75 years of age.
If the duke is still competent to drive despite this accident, let him carry on driving. If he's not, take his keys off him.
it would be a huge amount of administrative effort but waiting until someone is 75 is too long. Retest everyone regularly. Done. We draw a line at one end of the driving spectrum because we know children mature and 17/18 is the point where historically people are old enough to be aware of their wider responsibilities with drink, voting, and driving. We should also apply the same at the other end when people start to put their own dogged fight for independence ahead of the wider publics safety. We have a test to determine if a child is competent to drive at 17, we shouldn't be embarrassed to seek a short re-test every 5 years once a person has reached 75 years of age.
If the duke is still competent to drive despite this accident, let him carry on driving. If he's not, take his keys off him.
However, the fact that we still have some of the safest roads in the world in terms of persons killed or serious injury suggests that we are already doing something right.
Evidence I've gathered definitely suggests that passing the UK driving test is considerably more of a challenge than passing the test in many other countries in the world
Edited by Shakermaker on Tuesday 22 January 12:10
Shakermaker said:
Evidence I've gathered definitely suggests that passing the UK driving test is considerably more of a chalenge than passing the test in many other countries in the world
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