Very old people...
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People who don't have the patience to give way, or allow a bit of extra room for error probably cause most minor accidents.
Driving to close, driving aggressively or too fast for the conditions comes to mind.
It is all a matter of having the imagination to see the other persons point of view.
Some don't have the intelligence for that.
Driving to close, driving aggressively or too fast for the conditions comes to mind.
It is all a matter of having the imagination to see the other persons point of view.
Some don't have the intelligence for that.
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Originally Posted by lovegroova,Dec 20 2008, 10:21 AM
On another point, there seems to be a misconception about insurance. In fact, premiums do increase again once you get past a certain age (65 or so) as old people do make more claims for various reasons. So there is some truth in the old people not being as good as younger folks.
prices rise when you get a fair bit over retirement age because of a change in risk
however, the risks we are talking about are not the same as those associated with younger drivers, and the reason for their high premiums
I am quite convinced that older drivers are less likely to cause catastrophic accidents than younger drivers
anyone here can surely think about the last time they saw very high speed dangerous driving and the age of the driver
I cannot remember the last time I saw a very old person driving at very high speed or attempting a high risk overtake, traffic light racing or undertaking, etc
and this thread is about VERY old people, not people in their sixties
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Originally Posted by dreamer,Dec 20 2008, 09:46 AM
Or for an alternative viewpoint, he stopped due to no visibility
this reminds me of people who rear end other drivers and complain that 'they stopped for no reason'
leave a bloody gap then!
how do you know that they weren't dazzled, sneezed or had a mechanical glitch (amongst other things)?
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Originally Posted by gaddafi,Dec 20 2008, 10:50 AM
no misconception
prices rise when you get a fair bit over retirement age because of a change in risk
however, the risks we are talking about are not the same as those associated with younger drivers, and the reason for their high premiums
I am quite convinced that older drivers are less likely to cause catastrophic accidents than younger drivers
anyone here can surely think about the last time they saw very high speed dangerous driving and the age of the driver
I cannot remember the last time I saw a very old person driving at very high speed or attempting a high risk overtake, traffic light racing or undertaking, etc
and this thread is about VERY old people, not people in their sixties
prices rise when you get a fair bit over retirement age because of a change in risk
however, the risks we are talking about are not the same as those associated with younger drivers, and the reason for their high premiums
I am quite convinced that older drivers are less likely to cause catastrophic accidents than younger drivers
anyone here can surely think about the last time they saw very high speed dangerous driving and the age of the driver
I cannot remember the last time I saw a very old person driving at very high speed or attempting a high risk overtake, traffic light racing or undertaking, etc
and this thread is about VERY old people, not people in their sixties
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From: Survivalist enclave
Originally Posted by lovegroova,Dec 20 2008, 11:04 AM
I agree completely. There just seemed to be a general misconception that insurance continues to get cheaper the older you get.
mostly held by young people
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Originally Posted by MB,Dec 20 2008, 12:01 PM
And lots who are always right 
people who have achieved feck all, will achieve feck all
and whose reference is Wikipedia
it's very little different from Pistonheads in that respect
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Originally Posted by gaddafi,Dec 20 2008, 10:53 AM
how do you know that they weren't dazzled, sneezed or had a mechanical glitch (amongst other things)?
it can make you sneeze a lot I read somewhere
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Originally Posted by gaddafi,Dec 20 2008, 11:53 AM
quite so
this reminds me of people who rear end other drivers and complain that 'they stopped for no reason'
leave a bloody gap then!
how do you know that they weren't dazzled, sneezed or had a mechanical glitch (amongst other things)?
this reminds me of people who rear end other drivers and complain that 'they stopped for no reason'
leave a bloody gap then!
how do you know that they weren't dazzled, sneezed or had a mechanical glitch (amongst other things)?
Yesterday I was completely blinded by low sun and had to stop half way round the exit from my road. There was a car parked in the blindness with a woman picking up kids - stopping was the right thing to do in that situation.