Originally Posted by Foodog

I get a little weary of the senior citizen bashing every time there is an accident. Every day there are thousands of seniors going grocery shopping, doctor's appointments and other necessities of daily life and they cause no problems at all. Sure there comes a time when all of us, you included, will need to hang up our keys and find another way to get around. I'd like to think I'll know when that day comes but I might not until something happens that scares me enough. No one apparently knows why this guy caused the accident. He could have sneezed, been adjusting the radio or any number of things we all do that distract us for a moment. I really doubt that he would have done it on purpose.

You do realize too that every day all across the country teen agers texting, talking or otherwise distracted cause accidents yet the DMV keeps giving them licenses. You also realize that all across the country soccer moms in their vans are yelling at the kids, putting on makeup or talking on the phone and rear end or turn left in front of bikes yet the DMV keeps giving them licenses. You probably know too that young guys and middle age guys light cigarettes, fiddle with their stereo or try to open a hamburger package and take out a biker in the process. Include too those spaced out on drugs, drunk, speeding or just a plain poor driver that kill and maim people yet the DMV keeps giving them licenses. Drivers of all ages, sex and ability are involved in accidents every day, and yes, for the most part they are just that, accidents. Remember too that at any given moment you yourself might not see a bike and pull out in front of it or look away for a moment and rear end or run over someone. Most of us will go through life without ever having an accident which is partly due to luck and mostly due to good driving habits but the specter of causing an accident is always with us.

Don't forget that a lot of those seniors that you're bashing are the ones who helped build this country you enjoy and have been called upon to defend it on the field of battle. Keep in mind too that with some luck you will be a senior citizen and will have to listen to the younger crowd dissing you. It may not mean much to you now but believe me it will someday.

We have all chosen to ride a motorcycle which is an inherently dangerous mode of transportation. We have absolutely no protection other than what we choose to wear and what would only be a fender bender in an automobile could be fatal on a bike. We all use risk management to assess whether or not to ride and those of use that do have to realize the consequences and the fact that it could end in an instant. I wish it were not so but it's a fact of life.

Rant over.

Originally Posted by LDB415

One or two have posted excellent replies and several have posted knee jerk replies you'd expect from an Obama liberal. My dad was a doctor. He practiced for 50 years. He consulted with internationally known physicians during his practice. He died July 4 this year at 86.25 years of age. For 85.9 years he was as alert and capable as anyone here spouting their blanket age discrimination garbage. He was probably more alert and capable than a few who are most likely damaged and lacking due to who knows how much substance abuse in the past and/or present. He gave up driving the last year of his life although he was fully capable most of it until a stroke overpowered him and he couldn't recover. I'd bet money there are at least a few in what should be the prime of their lives who are less capable and less deserving of driving privileges than the elderly they are bashing. There certainly are some pots around it seems.