[Magdalen] Magdalen] gas prices?

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Grace C >Someone told me requiring age-based retests would be considered 
discrimination, which I consider ridiculous. It should be considered a 
matter of public safety


It's only a matter of time before it will become a necessity, IMO... I live 
near several condo complexes, owned mostly by retired folks, some in their 
late 80s and still driving - some good drivers, others not so much.  They 
sometimes drive 15 miles an hour down the little road we live on, or take 5 
minutes to back out of their carport, or sail through stop signs... often 
with no negative results, amazingly enough.  I think there will come a time 
when people of a certain age should have to pass actual driving tests that 
look for reaction time, spatial acuity, and other age related visual and 
physical causes of accidents.

My mom (who has been blind in one eye since '97) drove for at least 4 or 5 
years past when she probably should have stopped. She would tell me over and 
over that she would decide when to stop driving... that she 'would know' 
when the time was right. I never argued, just stated a few times that it 
would be terrible for an accident to result in her demise or permanent state 
of disability, or the death or same for others. After moving to Houston 
there was one major (stupid) accident which totaled her car, but she bought 
a new one. Constant dings and scratches, breaking off side view mirrors... 
friends always 'offering her rides' because they were afraid to ride with 
her (she never once 'got that'... and was delighted not to use her own 
gasoline (be still your heart Jim G).

When my sister came to Houston to live (with mom), she had been in or caused 
so many accidents herself that she would overreact to almost anything my mom 
did while driving and would throw herself against the side door, frantically 
'break the car floor' and sometimes cry, out of fear (without saying 
anything ), that my mom finally 'got it' and sold her car. I'm sure there 
are a lot of 80-something drivers out there like my mom was... For years 
after 'giving up driving' mom regretted it.

Lynn

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From: "Grace Cangialosi" <gracecan at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 11:57 AM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Magdalen] gas prices?

> Hit send too soon...
>
> Our renewal period is now 8 years. Last time I renewed online, I was 65, 
> so I still have two years to go. In the meantime, I have developed 
> glaucoma in one eye and a significant hearing loss, now corrected. Either 
> one of those might have impacted my driving, but there's no check for 
> that. safety...
>
>> On Oct 24, 2014, at 10:24 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Kate,
>> I'm appalled that folks over 65 can do this in VA. I think we should have 
>> to go in person, perhaps every three years, for an eye test at least, and 
>> for periodic driving test.
>>
>>> On Oct 24, 2014, at 9:24 AM, Kate Conant <kate.conant at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm surprised one can renew online in Virginia and Illinois.  Here in 
>>> West
>>> Virginia renewal requires an eye test and new photograph, so obviously 
>>> done
>>> in person.
>>>
>>> "What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and 
>>> walk
>>> humbly with your God?"
>>> Micah 6:8
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 11:08 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Can he do that online? We can here, and you get a temporary one
>>>> immediately until the new one comes in the mail. Same with vehicle
>>>> registration. In fact, you get a small discount for doing it online!
>>>>
>>>> He could have but didn't.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Scott R. Knitter
>>>> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>>>>