Why the F did this guy have a license?!!!!
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Why the F did this guy have a license?!!!!
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/29/us/cal...html?hpt=hp_t3
Someone who is 101 years old should NOT be behind the wheel. They do NOT have the proper reflexes or mentality to handle a car in a safe way. This guy is lucky he didnt kill anyone or take out a larger number of people.
Police: 100-year-old driver hits 11 people in Los Angeles
A 100-year-old man is apologetic after barreling into a crowd of mostly school kids in Los Angeles and sending 11 people to the hospital.
"I'm sorry," Preston Carter told CNN affiliate KTLA. "I lost control of the car. The brakes failed, I think."
Nine children and two adults were taken to hospitals, according to Erik Scott, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department.
None of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries, and most had bumps and bruises.
The incident occurred Wednesday afternoon when Carter was backing up from a grocery store near an elementary school in southern Los Angeles.
His Cadillac jumped the curb and plowed into the crowd, according to Richard French, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department.
Classes had let out at Main Street Elementary School and students were waiting to be picked up by their parents when the crash happened.
Officers are investigating the incident, but it does not appear that Carter will be charged, police told the affiliate .
Police will also try to determine whether a malfunction with Carter's car led to the accident.
But whether the crash was caused by faulty brakes or not, the centenarian, who will turn 101 next month, will not be driving anymore, his daughter told the affiliate.
A 100-year-old man is apologetic after barreling into a crowd of mostly school kids in Los Angeles and sending 11 people to the hospital.
"I'm sorry," Preston Carter told CNN affiliate KTLA. "I lost control of the car. The brakes failed, I think."
Nine children and two adults were taken to hospitals, according to Erik Scott, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department.
None of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries, and most had bumps and bruises.
The incident occurred Wednesday afternoon when Carter was backing up from a grocery store near an elementary school in southern Los Angeles.
His Cadillac jumped the curb and plowed into the crowd, according to Richard French, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department.
Classes had let out at Main Street Elementary School and students were waiting to be picked up by their parents when the crash happened.
Officers are investigating the incident, but it does not appear that Carter will be charged, police told the affiliate .
Police will also try to determine whether a malfunction with Carter's car led to the accident.
But whether the crash was caused by faulty brakes or not, the centenarian, who will turn 101 next month, will not be driving anymore, his daughter told the affiliate.
Someone who is 101 years old should NOT be behind the wheel. They do NOT have the proper reflexes or mentality to handle a car in a safe way. This guy is lucky he didnt kill anyone or take out a larger number of people.
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WTF? he will probably NOT be charged?
bullshit.. yeah, brakes failing on a Cadillac... and he is also 100 years old.. how convenient..
bullshit.. yeah, brakes failing on a Cadillac... and he is also 100 years old.. how convenient..
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Brakes fail. Also sometimes people are 100% sure they are standing on the brakes when they are flooring the gas instead. It happens. It is also a good reason for people over xx years (insert your age plus 40) should have to take driving tests to renew their licenses.
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I would 100% ok with the entire population having to continuously re-test in order to keep their licenses, myself included, even if I had to pay for retesting yearly or bi-yearly.