Los Angeles officials say that an elderly woman accidentally hit the gas instead of the brakes outside a car dealership on Wednesday morning, driving into the building and leaving one dead.

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.

  • @TreczoksEnglish
    46•1 year ago

    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.

    • Archmage AzorEnglish
      10•1 year ago

      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.

        • astraeusEnglish
          6•1 year ago

          I don’t think they missed the point, they just expanded that it isn’t only an American problem.

        • @[email protected]English
          1•1 year 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

    • @zepherithsEnglish
      -3•1 year ago

      Ok everything except the first to lines is entirely irrelevant. I’m sure if an elderly bus driver drove into someone they would be dragged along for much longer