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Elderly driver plows into Los Angeles car dealership dragging customer 20 feet to her death (www.foxnews.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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It's my god given right to drive a 5,000lb vehicle. Any attempt to make sure I'm fit to drive this safely is an assault on my god given rights.

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[–] 45 points 3 years ago (3 children)

That is a home-made American problem. If you are not living in a city center that happens to have usable public transport, being left without a car makes you an outcast. No shopping, no personal social contacts, no way to visit a doctor, etc.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    It's not strictly american. I'm not american, and here we have plenty of elderly drivers, it makes me worried when I see them. Luckily we have good public transport too.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    You missed the point. It's an American problem because our public transport got gutted or never even existed in the first place.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    This is a problem in many countries besides America. The same shit happens in Canada. I remember elderly people crashing cars into buildings on the news occasionally growing up in Fake London, Ontario

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  • [–] -3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Too bad there's no Internet.

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