Bigguy's Blog

Everyday our news orgaizatios are innundated by stories of some senior driver plowing their car into building, or down a crowded sidewalk maiming or killing many. Now I understand these examples are a minute portion of a much larger problem. The rules of the road have changed dramatically. The quaint notion of defensive driving has gone right out the window. Drivers no longer give you the chance to merge when needed. You have to look over your shoulder, find a spot and go for it! Drive it like ya stole it! And when the other driver refuses to let you in(which he won't), you gotta force your way in. Common courtesy does not exist.Driving the speed limit anymore is just a loosely based suggestion. You drive the speed limit, you have now become a traffic hazzard. Too many seniors drive the freeways adhereing to the set limits, and are being run off the road. They also lack the ability to make a quick decision when an unexpected problem arises (like backing up on the freeway to get onto a exit they've missed).There is an area at Hopkins air port, despite being VERY clearly marked, seniors will enter the wrong way onto a freeway. This happens on a regular basis. Our medical community has come up new drugs and procedures to allow us to live longer. The problem is that they we be living longer, the skills needed to perform even the most basic of funtions is deteriorating. The ability to make the snap judgements necessry when dealing same direction traffic is dangerously lacking, and lets not get started on oncoming traffic.I drive a truck for a living, making me responible for a lot of weight on our roadways, and I absolutly dread having to be on the road between the hours of 9:00am and 2:00pm. These are the death hours. These are the hours where the streets are loaded with seniors. I stay away. I stay awaw from Marc's, drug stores, discount restaurants ect. It is my beliefe that a vast amount of seniors should not be on the road today. I believe at age 65 you must take a remedial drivers test and have a medical card issued just as truckers do, and this test shoud be retaken every ten years, or as an officer of the law sees fit. Unfortunatly our roads are being taken over by a new breed of punk who cares less about rules and regulations, and having the added traffic of people whom are unable to cope with these everchanging conditions just compounds the danger we put ourselves in everyday when we go to work.