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The people who make electric scooters like to advertise how they can take their elderly riders anywhere. There's probably a fine-print exemption to "anywhere" that includes the shoulders of busy freeways. This owner did not read the fine print. More »
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A new study had elderly drivers play a series of video games designed to sharpen their responses while driving. After six years, those who played had 50% fewer crashes than those who didn't. More »
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Police in Philadelphia want to speak with an elderly woman who took her Buick Century station wagon the wrong way down Interstate 95 Thursday at 50mph, causing four separate accidents. Here's amazing video of it actually happening.UPDATED: She's 84. More »
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In a move that most drivers would deem as excellent, the Japan police will begin encouraging drivers 65 and older to hand in their keys, permanently. The police will be teaming up with local businesses to attempt to get the elderly to surrender their driving privileges. No surprise, but the move has come as result of accidents in 2007—100,000 of which involved elderly drivers. However, instead of asking nicely for the keys, bribery is being used to influence the older drivers. More »
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If you want senior citizens to blow their social security checks on your car you better make it worth their while (or get Sam Waterson to do your commercials). That's why Nissan engineering are using this special suit to put themselves in the back-supporting loafers of the elderly. The hope is that they can design cars that are safer and more amenable to that population. The suit recreates the limited mobility, impaired vision, and added midsection girth of older people. A future version will also include a synthesizer for testing voice-recognition sensors by changing words like "Koreans" to "orientals." Pics and press release below. More »
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As much as we hate waiting in line at the DMV, we usually just bring along a book and an iPod to pass the time. We're guessing 80-year-old Therese M. Smith didn't have an iPod, which is why she drove her 1990 Mercury Grand Marquis (the official car of old people) into the windows of the office. Seven people were sent to the hospital with minor injuries after the incident, which is being classified as an accident. Ms. Smith was cited for careless driving and doing something we'd always considered doing ourselves. – Matt Hardigree More »
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