OAP drivers

darkpool

with some i stopped and asked to see their passports.

with others i took their grey hair/ wrinkles and flat caps as good enough evidence they were pensioners.

cajef

darkpool wrote: »

with others i took their grey hair/ wrinkles and flat caps as good enough evidence they were pensioners.

You will be one someday, an old and grey darkpool in a flat hat, then you will be able criticise your own driving.

libra10

Talk about old-fashioned, outdated stereotypes ....................

darkomega

j2011 wrote: »

I am an OAP and what !!!!es me off are the drivers in their 20's who drive right up my !!!! when I am hammering along at 70 in the outside lane of the motorway when they can easily pass me in the other 2 empty lanes.

they is no such think as an outside lane. they are passing lanes. if someone is up your backside and the left hand lane is clear PULL OVER

darkomega

libra10 wrote: »

Ageism rears its ugly head!

Don't tar all OAPs with the same brush!

There are good and bad drivers in all age groups.

My OH has been driving for more than 50 years and never caused an accident or claimed on his car insurance.

There are not many younger drivers which such a good motoring record!

how many accidents as he caused that they not aware of and left in the wake

anotherbaldrick

darkomega wrote: »

how many accidents as he caused that they not aware of and left in the wake

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Only those !!!!! who were so close up his chuff that they received "self inflicted" when they did not have time to react normally

darkpool

i bet he's thinking "f'king maniacs tearing past me, i'm doing the speed limit"

darkomega

anotherbaldrick wrote: »

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Only those !!!!! who were so close up his chuff that they received "self inflicted" when they did not have time to react normally

they is more causes to accidents than driving too close. thats the easiest thing to say . non awareness of your surroundings and just bad driving and believe it or not DRIVING TOO SLOW

pompeyfaith

I've been stuck behind an OAP driver once too often. They have to be amongst the worst drivers on the road.

In all honesty I think after a certain age people should have to re sit the driving test. I think it's a fact older people have slower reaction times. They are a danger to themselves and others.

In reply to the OP first post what gives you the right to judge people as the law stands they have just as much right as anyone else and statistics will show they are not the worst drivers.

The truth is everyone is in too much of a rush these days which statistics will show that you will not get to your destination any quicker.

Drivers these days do not show much or indeed any attention to another road users wherther they be drivers or pedestrians.

darkpool

"judge people"? i'm expressing an opinion. just like saying "matelots are the nicest people" is also an opinion

i do think statistics actually show older drivers are worse....