The problem with being a concerned citizen and going to the 'gov is that the
old people in FL are the biggest voting block! It has been tried before to
institute vision, hearing, driving, etc tests for everyone, but it always
gets voted down because the old folks know they would be taking the bus.
Joe Burlein
Melbourne, FL
72 TR-6
On Thu, 18 Sep 1997, Tom Tweed wrote:
> John Suchak wrote :
>
> >
> >Here in Florida old people drive with an absolute disregard for traffic
> >laws. It's like every other car in the left lane is a late 80's Caddy
> >with a guy in a hat doing 48 miles an hour, right turn indicator blazing
> >away for apparently no reason other than to make it perilous to try to
> >slip by on the right when there's an opening, in case old Willard
> >actually decides that the planets have FINALLY come into the proper
> >alignment indicating the time has come to actually vacate the FRIGGING
> >FAST LANE!! I mean, I really don't think their families would allow
> >them to drive any more if they only knew what Gran and Gramps are
> >perpetrating on the roadways of the Sunshine State.
> >
> [snipped]
>
>
> Say, didn't I read somewhere that old folks can renew their Florida
> drivers' licenses BY MAIL -- over and over -- so that they never
> are required to take a vision, hearing, skill, or any other driving
> test at all ?
>
> I suggest some righteous venting to your state gov'mint !!
> Do your duty as a concerned citizen ! I have some old relatives
> in Florida myseff, they call Florida `God's waiting room', and
> they say it's not even safe on the sidewalks -- old blind drivers
> bounce up over the curbs and hit pedestrians in their neighborhood,
> at least once recently !
>
> Good luck 8-)
> Tom Tweed
> SW Ohio
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