This is why I support car free pedestrian streets in urban and highly populated areas.
Transit would be free for anyone 65 and above. You can say he should have had his licence taken away a long time ago, but how is someone that age meant to get around without it.
Give people a genuine affordable alternative to driving and that will get dangerous older drivers off the road.
This was on Lower Broadway in the heart of Nashville’s tourist district, which should have been pedestrianized years ago.
Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell released a statement about the incident, calling it an “incredibly tragic event.”
The US, maybe everywhere else, does this routine where something bad happens, people say it’s tragic, and stops. No root cause analysis. No steps to prevent it from happening again. Just thoughts and prayers and that’s it. It’s infuriating.
There are many complex problems that are going to be uncomfortable to solve. We are all going to suffer before it gets better. But we should demand better. We should demand that the rich help or get out of the way.
I’m surprised the headline wasn’t “1 dead, 3 injured by vehicle that jumped red light” but you know the only reason the driver was listed was because of his age
Police said [the driver] did not show signs of impairment
He’s 87.
these officers would probably shoot a kid in the head with a shotgun on livestream and then say they see no signs of a gunshot wound.
American infrastructure makes it so one has to depend on the car for everything. Doctors appointment, out of milk, want to take your dog the dog park? Get in the car.
Community it also dead, so others aren’t going to step in and help out, probably not even his family.
I’m not implying that justifies anything, but incidents like this are be expected in the USA - ride or die (why not both?!)
No shit scares the fuck out of me. I work for USSA insurance company the amount of 80 years they insure who can’t even remember their fucking own birthday much less should be still driving are to goddamn high.
But dealers still will take their money and they will call me trying to add a new car and we spend 20 minutes of 30 second procedure trying to Authenticate these people. How fuck are they allowed to still be driving on the roads?
Investigators are working to determine what led to the crash. Police said Cahill did not show signs of impairment.
Perhaps the glacial reaction time of an 87 year old man should be considered impairment.
80+ should have yearly tests designed specifically to weed out the dangerous ones.
That would be much better than what we do now, which is nothing.
Not everyone over 80 is a dangerous driver, we can’t just set a hard limit, even though that would be easier, and perhaps more satisfying to younger people.
Yes, public transportation would be a better solution, but it’s more expensive than voters who vote want to pay for. So, if you’re young and want better public transportation in your town where you live, then you need to vote in local elections. Almost no one votes in my small city, and those who do are mostly older, so we don’t have nice things here.
Everyone is a dangerous driver. Regardless of age.
I don’t think we’re seeing numbers like this worldwide because of a simple skill issue.
I also support retesting people every ten or so years and taking licenses away from people who are too old to react in any meaningful way to the road.
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