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- Subject: Re: elderly drivers
- Message-ID: <272@io.trident.datasys.swri.edu>
- From: johns@trident.datasys.swri.edu (Stephen Johns)
- Date: 21 Jan 93 14:36:05 GMT
- References: <llof9hINN9hl@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> <269@io.trident.datasys.swri.edu> <1993Jan20.201725.15127@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com>
- Organization: Southwest Research Institute
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- In article <1993Jan20.201725.15127@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com> sharen@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com (Sharen A. Rund) writes:
- >In article <269@io.trident.datasys.swri.edu> johns@trident.datasys.swri.edu (Stephen Johns) writes:
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- [ lots of stuff deleted ]
-
- >gee willerkers you young whipper-snapper, where do you get off making a
- >statement like that and what do you base it on??? I'm over 25 and the
- >way you talk I'll be feeble by the time I reach 50! If people over 50
-
- Unfortunately most 50+ people I have bumped into are closing in on that
- "feeble" zone. They don't have to be, but few seem to do much to prevent it.
- If you are over 50 and not letting yourself deteriorate, GREAT! Youth can
- cover for alot, but it definately takes work to keep you skills as your age
- increases. I never said people over 50 couldn't drive well. I was simply
- stating what my criteria for a good driver over the age of 50 is, and yes,
- it is more relaxed than for a 40 year old, which is more relaxed than a 30
- year old, etc.
-
- [lots of names of people over 50 that could TOTALY kick my butt driving deleted]
-
- Heck, I am REALLY impressed by those people. They're doing the right thing.
-
- >
- >>As for the "few drivers under 70 years of age" comment, surely you jest!
- >>Maybe doing it in reverse, using only your mirrors would make it challenging.
- >>Maybe you meant he was slaloming? Nahhhh...
- >>
- >>If you can't perform the above "feat" you best get out and do some SERIOUS
- >>practicing.
- >>
- >
- >I'm afraid I've seen too many drivers on the roads, of ALL ages, who can't
- >keep their car straight, no matter what speed they're driving, to say
- >nothing about when you add the rain/snow/night/etc factor....
-
- No kidding, very unfortunate, that's why I said if
- "If you can't perform the above "feat" you best get out and do some
- SERIOUS practicing."
- That's to ANYONE at ANY age.
- --
- Stephen Johns, Research Analyst
- Southwest Research Institute, SA, TX 78228 (512) 522-5751
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- Toys: 1990 Supra Turbo 1992 Suzuki DR 250
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