Originally Posted by
RUBBERBNDMAN
My Dad is 86 and could probably drive circles around alot of people.
Some "old" people are not brain dead...think about it.
He has millions of miles under his belt.
Matter of fact he has backed more miles than some people have gone forward.
Yes,some old people should not be behind the wheel,but some are just fine.
I agree, and didn't mean to imply that all "older" drivers are bad. But we all need to know and drive within our limitations....many don't. And, this is one reason why many young drivers get into trouble..they drive way beyond their limitations because they don't know any better in many cases. Today's cars handle and brake much better than those in the past, and this helps to pull many a persons butt out of a situration that would usually end with an accident....but, on the other hand because of this, today's cars also give many new drivers a feeling that they do many "unsafe" manuvers and get away with it, time and again. Sooner or later the odds will catch up to you....
Again: High Performance Cars + Low Performance Drivers = trouble