08-29-2012, 07:26 PM
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Often Thinks About Pickles
Join Date: Jan 2007
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Driver, 101 years old, hits 9 children and 2 adults
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08-29-2012, 07:33 PM
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Referee
Join Date: Jan 2005
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08-29-2012, 07:40 PM
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First Line Centre
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He was quoted asking "is this country kitchen buffet?"
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08-29-2012, 07:47 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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That's exactly the car I pictured the man driving. Oh and Hans Moleman is only 31 years old.
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08-30-2012, 08:52 AM
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First Line Centre
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the future of randy travis
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08-30-2012, 08:55 AM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: In a van down by the river
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The good news is he was probably travelling <20 km/h.
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08-30-2012, 08:56 AM
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Jul 2012
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Holy #### lol.
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08-30-2012, 09:26 AM
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Only in America...
(also if the kids had guns, this wouldn't have happened)
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08-30-2012, 09:53 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Wow.
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His Cadillac jumped the curb and plowed into the crowd, according to Richard French, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department.
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'Plowed into the crowd.' Awesome.
To make it even better?
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Officers are investigating the incident, but it does not appear that Carter (driver) will be charged, police told the affiliate .
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http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/29/us/cal...ash/index.html
When do I get to plow through a crowd of children with my car and get off scott free?
Is this one of those 'everyone gets one time for free' kind of deals?
And seniors think they have it so rough these days.... 
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08-30-2012, 10:26 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by core_upt
Only in America...
(also if the kids had guns, this wouldn't have happened)
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If would have still happened, but it wouldnt have happened again 
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08-30-2012, 11:03 AM
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Franchise Player
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I don't know exactly how driving laws work in America, but don't the people at the DMV has a responsibility to ensure the person they are licensing is in fact...competant to drive? Did no one notice his date of birth? Was he given an eye test? How the F is this even allowed to happen??
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08-30-2012, 11:13 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: CGY
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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
I don't know exactly how driving laws work in America, but don't the people at the DMV has a responsibility to ensure the person they are licensing is in fact...competant to drive? Did no one notice his date of birth? Was he given an eye test? How the F is this even allowed to happen??
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Would you really want to be the person that takes away an old man's last piece of independence? You'd think he would have turned it in voluntarily by now, though.
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08-30-2012, 11:15 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Calgary, AB
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This is why I believe that you should have to redo your drivers licence test one every 10 years. You should not be legally allowed to drive just because you were able to drive at some point in your life.
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08-30-2012, 11:20 AM
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Basement Chicken Choker
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: In a land without pants, or war, or want. But mostly we care about the pants.
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Originally Posted by Locke
When do I get to plow through a crowd of children with my car and get off scot free?
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In the more socially progressive nation of Canada, I believe you get a special permit at age 85 to do so. Visit your local Alberta Registries affiliate to learn more.
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08-30-2012, 11:22 AM
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Brakes failed no? That's probably why he won't be charged.
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08-30-2012, 11:27 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Creston
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After a certain age in B.C. you have to get medical permission every few years to keep your licience.
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08-30-2012, 11:28 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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Originally Posted by core_upt
Only in America...
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A few weeks ago, an older gentleman in his late 80's was backing out of a parking lot, and instead of pressing the gas pedal, pressed the accelerator. His car backed up over some stairs and plowed right into a Chinese restaurant to the point where his entire car was inside the kitchen. I know this because it happened in a building where my dad has his business.
Only in Killarney....
According to the firemen, it happens way more than we think (according to them they do this type of call every few days in town).
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08-30-2012, 11:30 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale
Would you really want to be the person that takes away an old man's last piece of independence? You'd think he would have turned it in voluntarily by now, though.
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Dude. Hes 100 years old. Lets be reasonable here. If hes not in a home then thats probably all the independence he could reasonably expect to have.
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Originally Posted by Reanimate
Brakes failed no? That's probably why he won't be charged.
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Yeah, I dont buy that for a second:
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"I'm sorry,"Preston Cartertold CNN affiliate KTLA. "I lost control of the car. The brakes failed, I think."
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http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/29/us/cal...ash/index.html
100 year old....not car mechanic. 100 year old guy thinks his brakes failed. Maybe. Fact is that he lost control of the car.
The reason hes not being charged is because hes old and no one was killed and they're taking his license away anyways.
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08-30-2012, 11:30 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: CGY
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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
After a certain age in B.C. you have to get medical permission every few years to keep your licience.
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The hippies got something right!? 
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08-30-2012, 12:11 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Originally Posted by Locke
The reason hes not being charged is because hes old and no one was killed and they're taking his license away anyways.
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The stress of court would probably kill the guy.
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