Volvo SUV plowed into Whole Foods

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They said the passenger was her daughter. Now that could be an older daughter and therefore an older woman but I am guessing not.

My guess is that she meant to reverse out of the parking space and somehow accelerated forward instead, maybe because the car was still unfamiliar. Why she wasn't able to hit the brake before she got to the seafood counter is curious. She would have gone over the curb, onto the sidewalk, through 2 sections of glass doors and multiple produce bins so that should've been a clue she needed to hit the brakes.

My mother gunned her car into a fence a few years back. She meant to back out of a parking space, but she went forward instead. She knocked a large chunk of the fence down and drove right over it into the BMW sales lot next door. Thank God she stopped before she hit a brand new BMW.

She swears to this day that she had her foot "hard on the brake" the entire time.

Please tell us that she no longer drives anywhere, ever.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Likely an elderly driver that should have had their license revoked 5+ years ago.

Or a Zoomer writing a text.

Or the 60+ year old driver was texting.

A Volvo owner, so there's that...

What the hell is that supposed to mean? I’m a Volvo owner who goes to WF damn you.

What can you expect from Fox News other than empty news?

Wow, you are just as much an idiot as the trumpers. Here you go --

[url]https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/01/14/whole-foods-bethesda-car-crash-produce-section/[url]

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Likely an elderly driver that should have had their license revoked 5+ years ago.

Or a Zoomer writing a text.

Or the 60+ year old driver was texting.

A Volvo owner, so there's that...

What the hell is that supposed to mean? I’m a Volvo owner who goes to WF damn you.

Post has the best pictures LOL

What can you expect from Fox News other than empty news?

Wow, you are just as much an idiot as the trumpers. Here you go --

[url]https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/01/14/whole-foods-bethesda-car-crash-produce-section/[url]

WP had some up and close pictures!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They said the passenger was her daughter. Now that could be an older daughter and therefore an older woman but I am guessing not.

My guess is that she meant to reverse out of the parking space and somehow accelerated forward instead, maybe because the car was still unfamiliar. Why she wasn't able to hit the brake before she got to the seafood counter is curious. She would have gone over the curb, onto the sidewalk, through 2 sections of glass doors and multiple produce bins so that should've been a clue she needed to hit the brakes.

My mother gunned her car into a fence a few years back. She meant to back out of a parking space, but she went forward instead. She knocked a large chunk of the fence down and drove right over it into the BMW sales lot next door. Thank God she stopped before she hit a brand new BMW.

She swears to this day that she had her foot "hard on the brake" the entire time.

Please tell us that she no longer drives anywhere, ever.

She doesn't now, but she did for several years after that. It isn't as easy as you think to take the keys away from a woman in her 70s whose husband has medical appointments every day.

[Anonymous]

This is one of the drums I've been beating: If you are over 70 (or whatever), you cannot get car insurance unless your car has collision avoidance technology that can keep you from running over people or crashing into buildings. I get mad when my fellow older driver run over people at bus stops or sidewalk cafes.

It's not like we don't know how to fix this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you don’t call this store “the fresh fields” can you even say you’re from here?

Wow blast from the past. Back when off duty police managed traffic in the parking lot.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Likely an elderly driver that should have had their license revoked 5+ years ago.

Or a Zoomer writing a text.

Or the 60+ year old driver was texting.

A Volvo owner, so there's that...

What the hell is that supposed to mean? I’m a Volvo owner who goes to WF damn you.

Post has the best pictures LOL

What can you expect from Fox News other than empty news?

Wow, you are just as much an idiot as the trumpers. Here you go --

[url]https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/01/14/whole-foods-bethesda-car-crash-produce-section/[url]

WP had some up and close pictures!

I’m sorry. I’m an awful human being. As soon as I saw the sign that says “jumpstart January”, I had a giggle fit. At least I knew that no one was seriously injured before I laughed.

I can sort of see hitting the front door, but how fast do you have to be driving, or what has to be going on to smash through the doors and make it to the back of the store? (As an over-cautious driver, I really would like to know.)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Likely an elderly driver that should have had their license revoked 5+ years ago.

Or a Zoomer writing a text.

Or the 60+ year old driver was texting.

A Volvo owner, so there's that...

What the hell is that supposed to mean? I’m a Volvo owner who goes to WF damn you.

Post has the best pictures LOL

What can you expect from Fox News other than empty news?

Wow, you are just as much an idiot as the trumpers. Here you go --

[url]https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/01/14/whole-foods-bethesda-car-crash-produce-section/[url]

WP had some up and close pictures!

I’m sorry. I’m an awful human being. As soon as I saw the sign that says “jumpstart January”, I had a giggle fit. At least I knew that no one was seriously injured before I laughed.

I can sort of see hitting the front door, but how fast do you have to be driving, or what has to be going on to smash through the doors and make it to the back of the store? (As an over-cautious driver, I really would like to know.)

PP who posted above about my mother hitting the fence.

They think they're hitting the brake, but their foot is on the gas.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They said the passenger was her daughter. Now that could be an older daughter and therefore an older woman but I am guessing not.

My guess is that she meant to reverse out of the parking space and somehow accelerated forward instead, maybe because the car was still unfamiliar. Why she wasn't able to hit the brake before she got to the seafood counter is curious. She would have gone over the curb, onto the sidewalk, through 2 sections of glass doors and multiple produce bins so that should've been a clue she needed to hit the brakes.

My mother gunned her car into a fence a few years back. She meant to back out of a parking space, but she went forward instead. She knocked a large chunk of the fence down and drove right over it into the BMW sales lot next door. Thank God she stopped before she hit a brand new BMW.

She swears to this day that she had her foot "hard on the brake" the entire time.

Please tell us that she no longer drives anywhere, ever.

She doesn't now, but she did for several years after that. It isn't as easy as you think to take the keys away from a woman in her 70s whose husband has medical appointments every day.

This is terrifying. She could have killed someone.

[Anonymous]

It was probably just a woman driver.

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I saw that on tik tok yesterday!

[Anonymous]

Had a relative in the store at the time. Middle age woman driver with her teen daughter in the car. Swears she had her foot on the brake. Very common to be disoriented when driving a brand new car. Amazing no one was badly injured.

[Anonymous]

What happens is the driver gets confused and presses the wrong pedal. When they see it moving, they just push down even further, making it worse. Common scenario with older drivers.

The auto-braking is overridden by continuing to push on the gas pedal.

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I am sure she'll get off with a slap on the wrist but she should have her license suspended, at a minimum. It's her responsibility to become familar with a new car.

I don't understand how this happened. I mean-- I am assuming there's a curb that she had to drive over. What about the emergency brake if she was confused?

[Anonymous]

Every time I hear about reports of elderly people crashing into buildings I am reminded that both major parties' likely presidential candidates are older than most of the elderly people involved in these accidents. It's terrifying on all fronts.