Elderly drivers strike again..

" There's a pattern pattern emerging that -- has the you know development drink illegally for many many years I'm not. Is I'm not -- you service's development have been drinking -- drinking legally legal. I'm talking quickly squeeze and I'll have to -- it their all well past their prime let's be honest okay simply doing the legislature ought ninety. Central legislature won't rise to the demands of the market place here in pass something to restrict the the driving the rights of seniors do you think we could maybe get at least a proclamation. Making declaring this a senior accident -- of Massachusetts right there might be a senior action should be able to get them through and voice vote otter senior was sent to me. Honestly there's a hurtful driving activities this modest seniors who haven't hit anybody -- no -- move -- to celebrate what they're so I'm what'd he wrote we need is honest legislators it's dishonest to see a demand for awhile but not passerby -- you scared of the repercussions and we'll have it in an election apparently it would be more honest to celebrate that which your constituents are doing let me ask you this is this a monetary seniors to crash. Your area that the heavily alleged the libertarian here and why do we need I mean I'm all in favor of legislative action on it but why do we need legislative action. We are cholera in the previous segment who pointed out. The timidity of family members to raise this with mom and dad. Because either they feel some financial repercussions to out of his so angry -- cut you out of the will. Or it's just convenience -- who wants to who wants to have to be around to drive mom to the store two or three times a week so we let them do. What we know they should you're making the argument for why there's a need for government. Intervention no not if you can't provide for the public so what -- based on the public's own behavior that would be role for the government -- and I'm foursquare as I've said before foursquare fall legislative action. But while we wait for legislative action will buy tickets -- responsibility ourselves when you much. I had no general right elderly and anyone objective people get their terraces are driving no known -- OK next conversation. Yeah I get the -- that the with the ringing as silence did the deafening silence -- there's people looking in the -- and you know -- right again on the stuff where rob Collins nobody wants to go and tell mom hey -- you lose a -- now exactly -- be the key exactly could -- only Oldsmobile people could stand up to their parents and and do it then that we -- be having this conversation exactly right off the roads instead we have elected officials are supposed to represent -- and pass laws they won't do it because they fear the wrath of elderly voters who are larger number. And I have the highest show up to vote rate. Of any group let's give the legislators a little format shall -- let's give them a little outline you know what how many times are we gonna test in day at what age and how frequently let's ask John that John and I have seven okay 2666. Seats succeed -- NW -- John."

" Everybody Giuliani John -- to you what's going. You know I just -- a moment obvious but fire. We have this position to be back. Yeah I thought it was going to call ready chic she's squad called out there -- com. I play cards are great but you are now at how well let's apply it you know you kids couldn't like never got into an action only Chicago."

" The half half half I got -- argument I've never gotten into an accident is not a very strong -- the question is have you reached a point where you're no longer. The safe driver that you work because you lack the motor glaucoma I don't think his problem though because I glaucoma -- can't see directly in front. So if you just turn your head sideways in user per Furl vision on the right there you go yeah that's a nice that's it that's that the Tyson how many of -- because. John and I'm glad jacket real human too is you know at the reason is out of this month. Yeah Jimmy RW RKO."

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" Talks. Are now -- alike -- the cops tell you when year old man is really school and up. I think that's a good job I think just cell phones -- right now. 38 at the conflict -- just after 11 studio on Saturday morning this is apparently a weekly ritual she had -- grandfather. C'mon let's go don't know what pop blah blah blah blah blah and two other siblings. You know we have to get -- fixing he would do all that kind of stuff I mean everybody out the almost everybody has had this experience with a son or Donna. Grants and granddaddy of its its product you have your little routines. And you know this 8889. Year old driver it's this is just absolutely. This is not it's this is absolutely insane when I think we startled by out of a little bit the last segment. For these type of Jackson's thank god not all fields. But for these types of accidents just in the last who weeks' time enough so --"

" Which is this is doing a weekend ritual with his grandchildren crossing Washington street -- still wouldn't with the four year old and her younger brother. Which was struck by an elderly driver and -- flight sixty feet offers scooter. An off duty firefighter and nurse who happened to be there started CPR at the -- But she later died at the hospital."

" There you are horrible story another senior driver. And you know it seems clear that the this is now the fourth as you said this month. Will that be enough to get the legislature to act in exactly what should the resolution be because it's easy to point to this me outrage over the fact that -- there are people who are at this -- were still driving it causing accidents. But the hard thing as you pointed out individuals don't want to face up to standing up to their own. Relatives who say look it's time for you to stop driving given up mom as a society we don't. Provide a lot of options work car based society everybody's isolated and needs -- around. -- make that transition to very difficult thing to face -- one kind of -- the pass. So that you don't unnecessarily. Withdraw the -- right to drive from somebody who. Can still mantra -- periodic testing nobody can have a gripe pay if -- one of going to try to you might be one of those folks. Illiterate functional great reactions well -- 80s90s -- I -- keep -- if I don't if I'm not so lucky I ain't got no -- the scary thing is -- if you start looking that you might find that very reasonable standard reflexes and response times truck when you look at it that a vast portion of the population currently licensed would face losing their license on that might be too scared at all I don't know where it's not going to be a -- now. I mean one of the things that makes this cry out for such a -- for solutions such a response or remedy is that for the must -- its relatively. The accidents of -- too many but it's in terms of the proportion of the percentage drivers very very low number. There are having -- I think that's because seniors drive. In in very small quantities in terms of the mile -- and per -- per year per person so. That the accidents are capped through self regulation. To a very low level now but. If you start rolling -- terrifying -- crews and around like the -- teenagers exactly so if -- quantifying the lack of skills that might lead to these -- he might run into a situation we've got large swaths of the population who happen to vote in large numbers suddenly losing their right to drive it could create a crisis would -- to -- I'd rather be out of office -- have. And have the right law while you're out of office easy for -- six point 72666868. Everybody else who is in office -- what they're running -- they -- let's -- good morning."

" Good morning -- here do great let's. Let Q now on the scene up elder. -- worker on the social work at work -- is all that's and I already have given. Another buy them there registry -- but it -- and about and still close and then -- now."

" So you've done that so when you see somebody that you believe should not be driving. -- RM VS and a little note in the Arab -- follows up."

" We have to -- and they re on -- anybody can drop the dime on anybody. Anybody can tell anybody on any way you know that's not what I'm saying and they act and they do something and they. Have to are all up and get out very."

" She sent that great let's and let's -- dimes and see what happens. Paula you drop a dime on the first thing a duo sent tolerates a compressed in the registry editor Rachel when you receive these actions now what do you do. -- He is is that might be the answer yeah and a -- question -- you don't drop -- you drop a -- bomber. To get the register you to pull their ticket you know -- you you might have this is something about -- of this -- sneaking suspicion that mom and -- dropped the dime on them you know what's possible and I would misbehavior is 6172666860. That could be the answer right there there were not season. Report your family member. To Rachel corporal in and get Rachel to Iraq and picture absolutely she's the registrar -- he would bring his his and his of the little bit of a broader question of Tutsi you know when you when you leave the studio today you might get behind observe. One of these elderly folks weaving you're kinda just not I don't see that with -- do you see. Seniors misbehavior handler. Their slow over to the side mostly very slow and very very slow and usually the wrong going to resign. That's there is that's taken -- they are doing a permit turn it is on. Unbelievable. And -- on forever. And if they'll in the right click will be honest they turn left of left political be on as they -- right yeah it is -- why I don't sound I just see the -- Dave are on the highway the lakers usually on when there's no turn children so the."

" It is. 618. What the hell do we do then okay we see the rise out of magical place and I don't know but so it -- to the college point you can call in and Seiji I think this person right nations. But we if you don't know the identity of the person you've just seen. A dodge down who you know one of these well then you know it's a dangerous so it's a dangerous precedent by price started this -- make in the -- like 78. And it's in he would not be up top has this with three -- and I think it is -- in a cherry condition. Did you know you've got his seniority but what they have the duty -- day you can -- call Rachel and say you know it's it's -- it's immune to dodged that align -- are on brutality. But I thought. Seen it."

" Usually senior drivers are obvious problems on the -- When I see somebody who's -- up over towards the left driving too slow but I see somebody can't merge properly that's a woman driver. Senior drivers. Are usually oversaw the writing my experience I go over to the right side of the road and they're going slowly that -- why. Where -- you're just offended in the insult that. These 15% of the drive there out there are gender difference -- I hate to tell -- women are relationship based creatures yesterday. So when they come to a point in the road where there they need emergent. They wait for someone to invite them to merchant I don't want to they're not aggressive like us we what are we do we only our way and -- it willow and they sit there -- they wait for away the first smiled up for something friendly you -- say how many -- in the woman coming to the Orleans freak and rotary. You yesterday afternoon while she probably had kids crying in the back seat she was doing something else that happened to."

" Are -- there obviously a lot of variables here but in my experience seniors are not a great pro lot of wrote I think this is a very very tiny portion of the population. That. Dead at a ridiculously high rate has accident."

" How would you know we talked a little bit about last week but this 181130. In the morning judged not trying to do was nap time any. -- four times a day that -- I was -- late for an eight year old to vale hereby rule lives. It mean this is this is just if you're -- legislature so what would you be there are now. In response to this I would to would be finding a way Brian Joyce's bill he has -- I would try to breaking out of committee as literally as soon as possible. And I would start offering amendments on the floor to any reasonably. Related. Legislation do you find it intriguing that they were talking about clamping down on cellphones last week. But they were talking about this. -- well me why do you think status it's of course more calculation what we do what we don't know what we don't know is whether in the package of bills that -- being heard on cell phone texting and other restrictions. Whether whether some of these -- age related test and were among them we don't know was not just not reported tonight. Do you suspect they were. You vigorously going after this issue usually senior you -- hearing matters he immunity legislative hearings are going to be on related topics and obviously restrictions on some -- use what you may or may not do what you operated. This you know it could very well Joyce bill could've been among the big slew of them that was being heard last week and you -- hearings now anybody can come in. The little old lady from Pasadena contaminants say don't don't mess with me junior. Hey hey Sonny well there. And I and about to -- lap anyway and I have to dive for her to make -- a little -- from past that the lights -- goat -- go grainy because this is -- to be the kind of issue that would move things to the forefront -- where the permanent committees situation would be foregone and they bring this -- front and center when you -- when you have this number in such short period of time to there are moments in politics win. The public's attention is crystallized it's concentrated this should be one of those moments Rangers action is it pretty good political Barack and I expect. He'll be making some good noise on this this week in which should help we'll see if he gets even though we're making good."

" No -- 6172666860. Another accident this one a fatal involving a little girl. A senior driver. This story goes on and on and on because the legislature won't act against a special interest group that votes Cheryl in New Hampshire good morning you're on WRKO. --"

" I have questioning aren't on how far this you know be -- he seeing his wife and -- and not capable of driving but my question is. Are happiest thing you get to read I have to go at this nobody has a."

" That's a good question. That's a really good question actually went. Public. At the -- yeah it'd be idea a lot lot worse. It's -- it's going to be huge issue huge huge issue for however any state does that we read last week did we not the New Hampshire is one of the one of a couple of states that actually has some type protest and -- over seven the testing protocol sevenths five some -- then some 6172666. Seats succeed Toms on the South Shore next NW RQ good morning top."

" Yes what about teenage drivers what about the well I mean have been more cases in overdrive and."

" Sure they're the most dangerous drivers not per capita and per mile driven necessarily just teenagers drive a ton but they already have severe restrictions on their drive. And that's been reacted to in terms of -- there has not been any policy change to adjust to the fact they've got people living longer. And driving forever. And it's immensely dangerous to have people who don't have any motor skills laughed -- to be or or the eyesight to be able to get the signal to the brain in the first place."

" Judge you remind me we talked about again about this in the past -- as teenagers and usually about judgment. It usually about judgment the absence of experience of -- with seniors it's a very very different. Decline in skills it's it's the it's the the motor skills. That you need in the reaction -- how anybody by the way gets the brake -- confused with the gas though is beyond me."

" But that -- in a moment of excitement pattern now I can see that happening that might never happen to you in your entire lifetime up until this point idea happened that was put the chances increase every day yes they do a capsule a -- doubt and that's a -- at all. I think get our future bigger break -- are definitely coming. And they're gone either going to be hiding the gas battle because it it's. You reach a certain age and those. It's at that moment of instinct you know. It's a moment that of your whole life where all your training in all your experience comes down of them all this slam on what I do when I don't slam on the previously -- gas -- that I mean that's a scary thing different outcome very scary and imagine how disorienting. I assume that when your in your eighties or we. It's different for different people but you reach a point where minor things are disoriented. The an increase in speed you don't expect would. Not make you are more likely do the right thing but it would make you more likely do the wrong probably panicked. He probably panic or just totally fall out of and any kind of file proper response parent at all. So I don't know eight you know to me it's simple you set up video games it's at the registry the videogames are designed to test reflexes he said that are really is simple threshold. That only some tiny percentage of population would not be able to meet so you don't create and opera news tested around you -- would have every step Williams. And it's that every couple years 7575. Maybe 78 reasonable and I I haven't I don't think it says are of real problems and goes on -- to -- young -- water on the side of caution but every completed its two year every two years that -- 72 all the trouble -- every two years is an imposition on the on the infrastructure that's a lot for the registry you know what. Let the let the license fees go up if necessary to pay for the --"

" For the for the pedestrian public for the of them of the motoring public just its common sense this is craziness with a 16172666860. Thomas -- 680 WRKO. --"