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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is horrifying. I wonder if the elderly driver had vision issues and then maybe also mixed up the gas and the brake or something. Until I saw that it was an elderly person I assumed the driver was texting or something (or maybe they were anyway). Or that someone had a seizure or a heart attack and their foot jammed on the gas. Learning that it was just sheer horrible driving is really bad.

This is not an MCPS bus stop location issue. It's an issue of an incompetent elderly driver. This driver could have jumped any curb and hit any pedestrian on any street anywhere. It's not like the stop was out on Rockville Pike. Unless we are going to make kids wait 250 feet away from the stop in the middle of a field somewhere, or install bollards along every roadway in the county, there is always going to be the potential for a horrible accident of some kind. This sounds like the kind of driver you might see on the news another day who gets the pedals confused and drives through a storefront.

Let's hope this is an impetus for making elderly drivers take steps each year to prove their fitness for continued driving. Reaction times, vision, cognitive performance, etc. Heck, all drivers. We are so lax in this country in qualifying people to operate these lethal machines with minimal training and standards compared to other countries. [/quote]

If it hadn’t been a dangerous bus stop there would have been no one to hit!  
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This accident has nothing to do with the bus stop. It’s all about a driver who had no right being on the road. 
Something needs to be done about elderly drivers [/quote]

My parents moved to MD at 75 in 2019.  They only had a vision test.  No Doctors report, no road test.

It had everything to do with a bus stop at a cross street on a main road. BOE has blood on their hands. 
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No they don’t, the real issue is the state or county should have rules in place to determine the competence of older drivers. Maybe more of a health screening requirement after a certain age. [/quote]

I don't see it happening, but I wish it would.  Old people need to get medicine, food, doctors etc, right?  How will they get them?  As long as they vote in republicans, who need to appease their base, it won't happen.  They should, at a minimum, require an eye test once you reach a certain age.  [/quote]

In Maryland, a vision test is already required for ages 40 and up, each time you renew (every five years). At any age, if you have a medical condition that could impact your ability to drive, you are required to disclose it. At the age 70 renewal, Maryland requires a physician's report. Your ability to drive can be limited based on medical condition or driving record. You can be forced to retake the written or road test based on medical condition or driving record. There are already limits in place, but they are not sufficient for an aging population in a car centric area. My heart breaks for this family. This is a terrible tragedy and I think our state politicians could do more to prevent future tragedies.[/quote][/quote]

My parents moved to MD at 75 in 2019. They only had a vision test. No Doctors report, no road test.[/quote]

Did they report any medical conditions? That’s on them to self report. I don’t know why the state didn’t follow up to make sure that happened. Maybe they did and you’re not aware they of it. If the state has requirements that aren’t enforced, that’s a problem. [/quote]

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