I live near a retirement community. It’s scary. There’s a major problem in this country, and very few states are willing to addressing it. The elderly are still getting behind the wheel, and it’s DANGEROUS!

Sure, you’ve got these idiot teenagers text messaging while they drive (“OMG, I just farted… lol”), but these old people pose just as much of a risk to fellow drivers on the road. Each and every time I leave my house, I have an encounter with one of these drivers. They’re driving 20mph UNDER the speed limit, weaving across lanes of traffic for no apparent reason, or driving the wrong way down a one-way street. They are completely oblivious to other drivers, and pose a real danger to others. There have been countless accidents across the country, many even resulting in death!

About 10 years ago, a 90-year old neighbor of ours “got confused between the brake pedal and the gas pedal” when he was backing out of his garage, and somehow managed to drive across our neighbors yard at full speed, CRASHING into the side of our garage. He knocked out a major support beam for our house, and it was 2 months until we could move back in! The police didn’t really do anything. Luckily, this guy’s kids decided it was time for him to stop driving. Ya think?!

Still, nothing changes. There should be a rule that once you hit 60, you have to take a drivers test again, and continue to do so every 5 years. This would make the roads a much safer place. You’re 85 years old, where the hell are you going anyway?!

Rant off.