Friday, April 27, 2007

Woman crashes car into Huntington Beach store

Article - News - Woman crashes car into Huntington Beach store (Orange County Register)

This is an old lady who is not acting like a groovy lady.

She drives a better car than I (2006 silver Accord), however, mine (2000 not-silver Accord) is in better shape right now, since mine has not been driven through the front of a drugstore.

The good news is no one was hurt - the driver's airbag wasn't even activated.

Unfortunately, this is yet another in a long, too-long, string of "pedal-confusion" accidents caused by elderly drivers.

I do think the time has likely come for drivers to be more rigorously tested, say, upon their 75th birthday. Illinois already does this, I think all states should.

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