BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities say a crossing guard in NorthBuffalo put herself in the path of an oncoming car to protect agroup of girls at an intersection.
Kristen Masecchia and three girls from Saint Mark’s ElementarySchool suffered injuries ranging from bruises to back pain Tuesdayafternoon.
They were all back home yesterday after being treated in ahospital and released. A fourth girl was unharmed.
Police say the 89-year-old driver, Elizabeth Reidpath, ofBuffalo, was issued a traffic summons for running a red light.
The 35-year-old Masecchia tells The Buffalo News she saw theOldsmobile ``plowing through the red light" just as she steppedoff the curb with the girls. She pushed them out of the way and washit in the back.
The crossing guard and one girl went up on the car’s hood andoff, another girl fell backward to the pavement, and a third washit by the car’s sideview mirror.
i think some older people are worse drivers than drunks… but i doubt any law will be passed about haveing older people to take another driveing test… all those people that get to make the laws are old or will be shortly
agreed. you just deteriorate at an unpredictable rate at that age. it’s a privilege grandpa, not a birthright. :rant: remember the guy that plowed into the outdoor market and killed 2362844 people?
there should be some sort of testing for old people, yearly or bi-annually. It would be nice if they had to pass a road test every few years or at the very least test their vision
No it isn’t… because who do you think will raise a big stink to their local govt officials if they get wind that somebody might want to pass a law that they don’t like?
Of course, you could create a diversion by slipping it through when they are preoccupied with something even more important to them… like Social Security. That’d be a real “W” move…
Something semi-related: discussion on NYSpeed http://www.nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2336 about pedestrian safety being designed into newer cars such as the VW Passat. Some people wanted nature “to take its course” and forego all of the safety equipment to save some weight on the new cars. THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE HAVE THESE NEW FEATURES!
Why blame it on her age? She is a female, and who knows, she just might be a minority. We all know they can’t drive. :lol:
(Posted before I noticed others saying similar things…)
Just saying, what’s the difference between age discrimination and other forms of discrimination? Personally, I agree people over 65 should be retested on a regular basis, but try to get a government organization to do that without a huge backlash from civil rights organizations.
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