• 𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆
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    772 months ago

    My great-grandmother just died this year at 100 years old. She was still driving after 90, and she was perfectly competent at it in the farm town where I grew up. Her daughter, on the other hand, is a horrible driver. I mean, shaky on the wheel, stabby on the pedals, and just looking everywhere but forward. I’d be amazed she hasn’t been involved in some horrible wreck except for the fact that she rarely leaves the house. Being 80 will do that to you, I suppose.

  • @taiyang
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    612 months ago

    Yes, but look at it this way: you’re safer in the car with them then outside the car while they drive.

    • @[email protected]
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      51 month ago

      I live on the second floor… If that’s how I die, clearly it’s what the universe wanted.

  • @aeronmelon
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    482 months ago

    I was scared this was real.

    My grandfather had a near miss in his 70s, and gave up his license. He thought it was no longer worth the risk.

    • @aeronmelon
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      222 months ago

      And say, “What a nice, young person you are.” the whole way.

  • Dyskolos
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    272 months ago

    Of course! What could be more dystopian than letting an old fart work for me for an absolute shitty salary? Awesome.

    • @CptEnder
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      21 month ago

      Two of my CC came with free Uber One/Lyft and I rarely use a driving service but when I do I use Uber Black or Lyft Pink. For me at least it’s just a few bucks more and you get a town car and pro driver which is 1000% better experience.

  • @sudo42
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    231 month ago

    Uber Black is “Luxury rides with professional driver.”

    “Professional” insinuates “paid”, so the other Uber drivers aren’t paid?

  • @[email protected]
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    171 month ago

    Ahh, I thought it was saying you’d share the ride with a 95+, I’d really enjoy that XD

    Driver, not so much

        • @[email protected]
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          31 month ago

          The average life expectancy for Americans is 79. In the US at least we define “senior citizen” as over 60 (legally and for healthcare), that seems like a reasonable age for elder to start.

  • @HootinNHollerin
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    2 months ago

    My grandma drove through a grocery store (back when she was alive and in her early 80s). Nope

    • @HorreC
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      31 month ago

      Waiting for Uber Maven