Guest Blog from KBH

Guest Blog
My experience with drivers over 60 is actually quite intense.  On October 31, 2011 I was in an accident with an 82 year old man.  I was driving south on Lemmon Avenue in the left lane at about 25 mph.  The right lane was stopped due to construction and at the cross street of Reagan and Lemmon the right lane driver left a space for crossing traffic while at a complete stop.  The man I hit was trying to cross over Lemmon onto Reagan and I hit him.  The accident was determined to be his fault because he was crossing through traffic. 
I had a passenger whose hand was broken.  My injuries were to my neck and shoulder due to the intense force and the seatbelt restraining me.  I do not believe that man was injured.  This was not an incident of inability to perform the necessary tasks of driving safely. It was just an exercise in poor judgment.  The man was very competent and was actually the first one out of their car to check on us. 
I also have a 72 year old grandfather who is very active and continues to drive himself and my grandmother regularly.  My grandmother stopped driving in her fifties, and from all accounts from family members was never really a competent driver to begin with.  My grandfather is a notoriously cautious person who always insists on being the one who picks us up from the airport and doing the grocery shopping.  I don’t see him giving up his keys anytime soon.  (KBH, personal communication, August 15, 2012)


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