Old age must be a bitch.

**98tls** · 24th July 2010, 18:13

Just had right before my eyes Kamikaze Edna not bother stopping in her nanamobile and head straight out onto the main highway in front of Nissan 4x4

i had stopped waiting to turn right into our street and was awaiting the 4x4 to go past so i could when Edna arrived on the scence and must have thought "fuck stopping" and just turned left into its path,a slight squeal of brakes from the 4x4 and whammo straight into Ednas door which no doubt would have woken her from whatever state she was in to do such a thing.She didnt fare to badly and wasnt long before the ambos turned up,i got the ute off the road and went and grabbed a broom from home and helped sweep up the glass and bits of Nanamobile from the road,it was absolutly fucked.Guess there was a good side and that at least it wasnt a bike she pulled out in front of.Lovely old girl but jesus this stuff happens way to frequently with the elderly.

**crystalball** · 24th July 2010, 18:17

sounds like your a nice guy to stop and help with the mess.

**98tls** · 24th July 2010, 18:22

Originally Posted by crystalball

sounds like your a nice guy to stop and help with the mess.

Mate it happened right beside me,first thing i did was see how ther old girl was and got the bloke in the 4x4 to ring an ambo.As i only live 3 houses down from the corner i went and got a broom and swept up whilst awaiting the cops who wanted a witness statement thing.

**Kickaha** · 24th July 2010, 18:38

Must be an Oamaru thing

, came through there Friday (didn't have time to stop in) Down by Beaurepairs a car heading North had gone out into the park far enough to hit the fence over by the trees (which is a long way off)

**98tls** · 24th July 2010, 18:42

Originally Posted by Kickaha

Must be an Oamaru thing

, came through there Friday (didn't have time to stop in) Down by Beaurepairs a car heading North had gone out into the park far enough to hit the fence over by the trees (which is a long way off)

Yea mate i saw the marks across the park that abruptly stopped at a tree over by the fence,no idea what that was about.

**p.dath** · 24th July 2010, 18:44

Perhap nana had gotten used to driving on nice quiet roads, and hasn't been reminded of the need to look.

An accident is a hard way to learn your application of education is insufficient.

**rustic101** · 26th July 2010, 21:27

Originally Posted by 98tls

Old age must be a bitch.

No my ex wife is!!!

Old age is just a number that can at time be an inconvenience...

**nallac** · 26th July 2010, 21:29

"Old age must be a bitch."

yeah i'll have to ask Mom about it next time i see her....

**oldrider** · 27th July 2010, 11:11

Originally Posted by 98tls

Just had right before my eyes Kamikaze Edna not bother stopping in her nanamobile and head straight out onto the main highway in front of Nissan 4x4

i had stopped waiting to turn right into our street and was awaiting the 4x4 to go past so i could when Edna arrived on the scence and must have thought "fuck stopping" and just turned left into its path,a slight squeal of brakes from the 4x4 and whammo straight into Ednas door which no doubt would have woken her from whatever state she was in to do such a thing.She didnt fare to badly and wasnt long before the ambos turned up,i got the ute off the road and went and grabbed a broom from home and helped sweep up the glass and bits of Nanamobile from the road,it was absolutly fucked.Guess there was a good side and that at least it wasnt a bike she pulled out in front of.Lovely old girl but jesus this stuff happens way to frequently with the elderly.

Hey, watch it boyoh!!! I have got a "big" gun, an "unsteady" trigger finger and I know where you live!

**Swoop** · 27th July 2010, 11:17

Campbell had this last night...

http://www.3news.co.nz/Drivers-put-t...2/Default.aspx

**bogan** · 27th July 2010, 11:28

Originally Posted by Swoop

Campbell had this last night...

http://www.3news.co.nz/Drivers-put-t...2/Default.aspx

found that very interesting, certainly makes a good point for retesting every 10 years. Though I would have aced it I reckon

**Swoop** · 27th July 2010, 11:33

Originally Posted by bogan

found that very interesting, certainly makes a good point for retesting every 10 years. Though I would have aced it I reckon

It puts more evidence out there that kiwi drivers are NOT as good as they think. I believe most people would fail the scratch-and-win section as well as failing the practical.

**bogan** · 27th July 2010, 11:42

Originally Posted by Swoop

It puts more evidence out there that kiwi drivers are NOT as good as they think. I believe most people would fail the scratch-and-win section as well as failing the practical.

yeh, its a case of you don't know what you don't know. Currently you only learn what you don't know in a close call or accident, testing is a far better way to learn it.
Though you can self test too, every so often I get the sense if a car/bike had been in a certain place it could have been an accident cos I didn't check there well enough, or indicate properly etc.

**george formby** · 27th July 2010, 12:51

The riskiest things I have witnessed in recent years all involved elderly drivers, from being "undertook" & having the driver turn right as they passed, pushing me into the path of a truck ( I did'nt see you dear..) to being driven over a pedestrian crossing at 80kmh in a 50kmh zone while people were crossing. The driver was totally oblivious. scary, really scary.