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From: [e-mail] (William Nau)
Subject: Re: elderly drivers
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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:10:31 GMT
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>>For the reverse side of this story:  I had a short ride a couple weeks
>>ago with an uncle who is in his mid-80s.  He knows where the right side
>>of his Lincoln Town Car (a monstrosity if there ever was one) with
>>enough accuracy to keep a series of concrete light poles a very steady
>>15 to 18 inches from the car at 35 mph.  That is approaching the
>>accuracy of a race driver.  Very few drivers under 70 years of age have
>>a snowball's chance in hell of that degree of accuracy behind the wheel.
>>
>>Chris Prael

Good for him.  However, I don't really think age or the size of the car
has much to do with it.  Once you're used to a big car, you know where
it is as well as you would in a small car.  Also, I'm sure that many
of the better drivers could perform such a feat at any age.  50+ years
of driving is not necessary (not to say that extra experience doesn't
help.  It certainly does).  You uncle may be above average and you
should be proud of that.  There's no reason you and I can't do the same.
--
William R. Nau
Supercomputer Systems Engineering and Services Company (SSESCO)
511 11th Avenue South, Suite 216
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415-1536
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