Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ittvax!bunker!bunkerb!mat From: mat@bunkerb.UUCP (Mat Frontera) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: 55mph Message-ID: <212@bunkerb.UUCP> Date: Thu, 14-Jul-83 13:30:55 EDT Article-I.D.: bunkerb.212 Posted: Thu Jul 14 13:30:55 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Jul-83 19:57:58 EDT Lines: 30 You know what really kills me...... Old, crusty, senile, farty Grandma and Grandpa, in their shiny 1972 Plymouth Valiant, clogging up the left-most lane of Interstate 95 by going 4 miles per hour, when I'm late for work. Why oh why can't Grandma use the side roads? Really, why must she leave the house at all, and go getting in the way of the regular people? When you ask old Grandma where she's going, she says, "I'm not sure...". When you ask her what her name is, she needs three tries to get it right. She complains that the social security check is too small to pay the heating bill, but there's always plenty to buy gas for the car, so she can go "cruisin' on the Interstate" during rush hour (well, I almost forgot, the soap operas aren't on yet, so there's nothing else to do). I think we should designate specific "senior citizens hours" for all major highways. Maybe between 2:00 and 4:00 in the morning only. Any time Grandma is caught on the road other than during these hours, the car is immediately crushed and melted. As for Grandma driving a big car as opposed to a small one, what's the difference? She can't see out past the hood anyway, no matter how short it is. Well, you go until you feel something hit. Then, back up a little, and try again. Wouldn't it be a reasonable idea to force Grandma to take a road test, BEFORE renewing her license? It would certainly make for safer roads. MATT.